Idiom
stab in the back
Meaning
To betray (somebody).
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“He felt hurt when his friend stabbed him in the back.”
“She trusted her business partner completely, but he stabbed her in the back by stealing her clients.”
“After years of loyal service, he was shocked to discover that his closest colleague had stabbed him in the back to secure a promotion.”
Examples
simple
“He felt hurt when his friend stabbed him in the back.”
contextual
“She trusted her business partner completely, but he stabbed her in the back by stealing her clients.”
complex
“After years of loyal service, he was shocked to discover that his closest colleague had stabbed him in the back to secure a promotion.”
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