Damn by association phrase
To vilify, slander, or smear someone/something because they are affiliated with a certain person, organization, or thing.
His parents were damned by association when he was arrested for drug-related offenses.
After a teacher in that school was arrested in connection with raping, people have begun damning by association other teachers playing with him.
To condemn one to prison
To cause one to fall out of first place.
1. Used in a situation in which something is put in a safe place or container secured with a lock.
2. Used in a situation in which someone is sentenced to prison.
3. Used in a situation in which someone could go somewhere to be alone.
To tarnish one's or something's reputation by saying unpleasant things about them.
The verb "damn" must be conjugated according to its tense.
The origin of this phrase is not clear.