reputation (for doing something)

reputation (for doing something)
*a reputation (for doing something)
a state of having a particular kind of reputation for doing something. (Often a bad reputation, as in the examples. *Typically: get \reputation (for doing something); have \reputation (for doing something); give someone \reputation (for doing something).) •

You'll get a reputation for cheating.

I don't want to get a reputation for being late.


Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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