stab (someone) in the back
1stab 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 …
2stab someone in the back — 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 the river, squeal on, stitch up, peach on, do the dirty on; Brit.… …
3stab someone in the back — to do something bad that is not loyal to someone who trusts you When I was in trouble, all my friends stabbed me in the back …
4stab someone in the back — betray someone. → stab …
5stab smb in the back — betray someone I dislike him because he tried to stab me in the back during the last meeting …
6stab in the back — (lit and figurative) To injure in a treacherous manner • • • Main Entry: ↑stab * * * stab (someone) in the back see ↑stab, 2 • • • Main Entry: ↑back stab ( …
7stab 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 …
8(a) stab in the back — stab (someone) in the back to do something harmful to someone who trusted you. To have your brother tell the press about your private life. That must feel like a real stab in the back …
9stab\ 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 …
10stab 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 …
