a stab in the back
41back — back1 backless, adj. /bak/, n. 1. the rear part of the human body, extending from the neck to the lower end of the spine. 2. the part of the body of animals corresponding to the human back. 3. the rear portion of any part of the body: the back of …
42stab — stab1 [stæb] v past tense and past participle stabbed present participle stabbing 1.) [T] to push a knife into someone or something →↑stabbing ▪ He was stabbed to death in a fight. stab sb in the heart/arm etc ▪ She had been stabbed in the chest… …
43stab — n. attempt (colloq.) 1) to have, make a stab at sensation 2) a sharp; sudden stab (of pain) thrust of a pointed weapon 3) a stab in the back (also fig.) * * * [stæb] cheque (BE) stab make a stab at ticket stab sudden stab (of pain) …
44stab — v 1. pierce, puncture, lancinate, prick, stick, cut, slit, gash, slash, slice, trepan; penetrate, enter, pass through, transpierce, run through, Sl. let the daylight in; impale, transfix, fix, spit, skewer; spike, spear, pike; knife, bayonet;… …
45back — See: BACK OF or IN BACK OF, BEHIND ONE S BACK, BRUSH BACK, COME BACK, CUT BACK, DOUBLE BACK, DRAW BACK, DROP BACK. EYES IN THE BACK OF ONE S HEAD, FADE BACK, FALL BACK, FALL BACK ON, FLANKER BACK. FROM WAY BACK, GET BACK AT, GET ONE S BACK UP,… …
46back — See: BACK OF or IN BACK OF, BEHIND ONE S BACK, BRUSH BACK, COME BACK, CUT BACK, DOUBLE BACK, DRAW BACK, DROP BACK. EYES IN THE BACK OF ONE S HEAD, FADE BACK, FALL BACK, FALL BACK ON, FLANKER BACK. FROM WAY BACK, GET BACK AT, GET ONE S BACK UP,… …
47back — See: back of or in back of, behind one s back, brush back, come back, cut back, double back, draw back, drop back. eyes in the back of one s head, fade back, fall back, fall back on, flanker back, from way back, get back at, get one s back up,… …
48stab — 1. verb 1) a soldier stabbed the civilian Syn: knife, run through, skewer, spear, bayonet, gore, spike, stick, impale, transfix, pierce, prick, puncture; literary transpierce 2) she stabbed at the earth with a fork …
49stab — [[t]stæb[/t]] v. stabbed, stab•bing, n. 1) to pierce or wound with or as if with a pointed weapon 2) to thrust or plunge (a knife, pointed weapon, etc.) into something 3) to make a jabbing or thrusting motion at or in 4) to thrust with or as if… …
50stab — {{11}}stab (n.) wound produced by stabbing, mid 15c., from STAB (Cf. stab) (v.). Meaning a try first recorded 1895, Amer.Eng. Stab in the back treacherous deed is first attested 1916. {{12}}stab (v.) late 14c., first attested in Scottish English …
