stick the knife in

stick the knife in
put/stick/the knife in informal phrase
to criticize someone very strongly, especially when they are already weak
Thesaurus: to criticize stronglysynonym
Main entry: knife

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put/stick the ˈknife in | put/stick the ˈknife into sb idiom
(informal) to be very unfriendly to sb and try to harm them
Main entry:knifeidiom

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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