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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 — betray someone. → stab …
4stab 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 …
5stab 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 ( …
6stab — /stab/, v., stabbed, stabbing, n. v.t. 1. to pierce or wound with or as if with a pointed weapon: She stabbed a piece of chicken with her fork. 2. to thrust, plunge, or jab (a knife, pointed weapon, or the like) into something: He stabbed the… …
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 …
8stab — stab1 [ stæb ] verb * 1. ) transitive to kill or hurt someone by pushing a knife or other sharp object into their body: His brother was stabbed in the hand. stab someone to death: One fan was stabbed to death in a fight between gangs. a ) to push …
9stab — I UK [stæb] / US verb Word forms stab : present tense I/you/we/they stab he/she/it stabs present participle stabbing past tense stabbed past participle stabbed * 1) [transitive] to kill or hurt someone by pushing a knife or other sharp object… …
10stab — 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… …
