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stabs in the back

stabs in the back is the plural of stab in the back.

stabs in the back is the third-person singular simple present indicative of stab in the back.

Meaning of stab in the back

Noun

stab in the back (plural stabs in the back)

  1. An act of betrayal or treachery.
    • Vice-President Dick Cheney viewed the move by Britain—“perfidious Albion,” as he put it—as “a stab in the back,” according to a former senior intelligence official.2009 March 30, Dick Cheney, quotee, “Albion, I stab at thee”, in The Economist, →ISSN

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Questions about stabs in the back

What is stabs in the back the plural of?
Stabs in the back is the plural of stab in the back.

Words near stabs in the back in the dictionary

  1. stablize
  2. stably
  3. stabproof
  4. stabs
  5. stabs a guess
  6. stabs in the back
  7. stabs in the dark
  8. stabscotch
  9. stabstitch
  10. stabstitches
  11. stabulation

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