- stab 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. informal grass on, shop; N. Amer. informal rat out, finger, drop a/the dime on; Austral. informal pimp on, pool, put someone's pot on.→ stab
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stab someone in the back phraseto do something bad that is not loyal to someone who trusts youWhen I was in trouble, all my friends stabbed me in the back.
Thesaurus: to be cruel or unkind to someonesynonymMain entry: stab* * *
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• • •Main Entry: ↑back————————stab (someone) in the back: to hurt (someone who trusts you) by not giving help or by doing something morally wrong : to betray (someone)He's the kind of person who gets you to trust him but then stabs you in the back.
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Useful english dictionary. 2012.