cut the ground from under someone's feet

cut the ground from under someone's feet
cut the ground from under someone’s feet phrase
to spoil someone’s plans or achievements by doing something better than them or by doing it before them
Thesaurus: to do something before someone elsesynonym to make someone feel disappointed or less hopefulsynonym
Main entry: cut

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do something that leaves someone without a reason or justification for their actions or opinions

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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  • cut the ground from under someone's feet — cut the ground from under (someone)/(someone s) feet to make someone or their ideas seem less good, especially by doing something before them or better than them. The opposition claimed today s speech was an attempt to cut the ground from under… …   New idioms dictionary

  • cut the ground from under someone's feet —    When someone cuts the ground from under another s feet, they …   English Idioms & idiomatic expressions

  • cut the ground from under someone feet — cut the ground from under (someone)/(someone s) feet to make someone or their ideas seem less good, especially by doing something before them or better than them. The opposition claimed today s speech was an attempt to cut the ground from under… …   New idioms dictionary

  • cut the ground from under someone's feet — to spoil someone s plans or achievements by doing something better than them or by doing it before them …   English dictionary

  • cut the ground from under feet — cut the ground from under (someone)/(someone s) feet to make someone or their ideas seem less good, especially by doing something before them or better than them. The opposition claimed today s speech was an attempt to cut the ground from under… …   New idioms dictionary

  • ground — ground1 [ground] n. [ME grund < OE, ground, bottom, akin to Ger grund, ON grunnr: for IE base see GRIND] 1. a) Obs. the lowest part, base, or bottom of anything b) the bottom of a body of water 2. the surface of the earth, specif. the solid… …   English World dictionary

  • cut — cut1 [ kʌt ] (past tense and past participle cut) verb *** ▸ 1 use knife/sharp tool ▸ 2 have ability to cut ▸ 3 injure part of body ▸ 4 reduce/lower ▸ 5 on computer ▸ 6 stop something moving/working ▸ 7 make something shorter ▸ 8 divide playing… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • ground — I. /graʊnd / (say grownd) noun 1. the earth s solid surface; firm or dry land: fall to the ground. 2. earth or soil: stony ground. 3. land having a special character: rising ground. 4. (often plural) a tract of land occupied, or appropriated to a …  

  • cut — I UK [kʌt] / US verb Word forms cut : present tense I/you/we/they cut he/she/it cuts present participle cutting past tense cut past participle cut *** 1) [transitive] to use a knife, pair of scissors, or other sharp tool to divide something into… …   English dictionary

  • cut — cut1 W1S1 [kʌt] v past tense and past participle cut present participle cutting ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(reduce)¦ 2¦(divide something with a knife, scissors etc)¦ 3¦(make something shorter with a knife etc)¦ 4¦(remove parts from film etc)¦ 5¦(make a… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

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