stabbed in the back
stabbed in the back is the simple past and past participle of stab in the back.
Meaning of stab in the back
Verb
stab in the back (third-person singular simple present stabs in the back, present participle stabbing in the back, simple past and past participle stabbed in the back)
- To betray (somebody).
- “What concerns me,” Ryder said, as if they’d been having an entirely different conversation, “is that you’re angry right now, Harper. Menoris was a teammate and you trusted her; I get that. Everyone’s been stabbed in the back at some point or another. But are you going to Illium to complete the...2017 November, N. K. Jemisin, Mac Walters, chapter 5, in Mass Effect Andromeda: Initiation, 1st edition (Science Fiction), Titan Books, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 96
- Synonyms:
- forswear, sell out, traitorize, assfuck, betray, burn, cop out, cross out, cross up, double-cross
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