a stab in the back
11stab\ in\ the\ back — I. v. phr. slang To say or do something unfair that harms (a friend or someone who trusts you). Owen stabbed his friend Max in the back by telling lies about him. II. n. phr. slang An act or a lie that hurts a friend or trusting person; a promise …
12stab in the back(2) — {n. phr.}, {slang} An act or a lie that hurts a friend or trusting person; a promise not kept, especially to a friend. * /John stabbed his own friend in the back by stealing from his store./ * /My friend stabbed me in the back by telling the… …
13stab in the back(2) — {n. phr.}, {slang} An act or a lie that hurts a friend or trusting person; a promise not kept, especially to a friend. * /John stabbed his own friend in the back by stealing from his store./ * /My friend stabbed me in the back by telling the… …
14stab in the back — If someone stabs you in the back, they betray you by doing something harmful to you when you thought you could trust them. His best friend stabbed him in the back by voting against him …
15stab in the back — just two months after I got her hired, she stabbed me in the back Syn: betray, be disloyal to, be unfaithful to, desert, break one s promise to, double cross, break faith with, sell out, play false, inform on/against; informal tell on, sell down… …
16stab in the back(1) — {v. phr.}, {slang} To say or do something unfair that harms (a friend or someone who trusts you). * /Owen stabbed his friend Max in the back by telling lies about him./ …
17stab in the back(1) — {v. phr.}, {slang} To say or do something unfair that harms (a friend or someone who trusts you). * /Owen stabbed his friend Max in the back by telling lies about him./ …
18stab in the back — stick a knife in someone s back; betray someone …
19stab in the back — I (Roget s IV) v. Syn. double cross, deceive, undercut, turn traitor; see betray 1 , trick . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) I n. backstabbing, betrayal, treachery, *doublecross, Judas kiss. II v. backstab, betray, *double cross, backbite, sell out …
20stab someone in the back — stab (someone) in the back to do something harmful to someone who trusted you. He had been lied to, stabbed in the back, by people he thought were his friends …
