stab in Idiom, Proverb

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stab in the back

say or do something unfair that harms a friend or someone who trusts you My friend stabbed me in the back even after I made an effort to help him get a job.

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stab in the back¹ v. phr., slang To say or do something unfair that harms (a friend or someone who trusts you). Owen stabbed his friend Max in the back by telling lies about him.
stab in the back² n. phr., slang An act or a lie that hurts a friend or trusting person; a promise not kept, especially to a friend. John stabbed his own friend in the back by stealing from his store. My friend stabbed me in the back by telling the teacher I was playing hooky when I was home sick.

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stab in the dark|dark|stab

n. phr. A random attempt or guess at something without previous experience or knowledge of the subject. "You're asking me who could have hidden grandpa's will," Fred said. "I really have no idea, but let me make a stab in the dark I think my sister Hermione has it."

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stab in the back, a

stab in the back, a
A betrayal of trust, an act of treachery, as in Voting against our bill at the last minute was a real stab in the back. It is also put as stab someone in the back, meaning “betray someone.” For example, Don't trust George; he's been known to stab his friends in the back. Both the noun and verb forms of this idiom, alluding to a physical attack when one's back is turned, date from the early 1900s.

stab (someone or something) in (something)

To bore a being or beastly in some accurate allotment of the anatomy (with some sharp, acicular implement). The antagonist stabbed her in the leg and again ran off with her purse. The bobcat pounced on me, but I managed to ache it in chest afore it could overpower me.Learn more: stab

stab someone in something

to ache addition in a accurate place. Max stabbed a bastille bouncer in the abdomen and larboard him to die. Tom stabbed himself in the thigh by accident.Learn more: stab

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