a stab in the back

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a stab in the back

A betrayal; an act of treachery. It felt like a stab in the back to hear that Paul was going out with my ex-girlfriend. The campaign coordinator's mid-race shift of allegiance will be quite a stab in the back for the incumbent president.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Wera	VE-rah	Polish
Dionisio	dyo-NEE-syo (Spanish), dyo-NEE-zyo (Italian)	Spanish, Italian
Trystan	-	Welsh
Heike	HIE-kə (Low German, Dutch)	Low German, Frisian, Dutch
Christoforos	-	Greek
Tercero	ter-THE-ro (Spanish), ter-SE-ro (Latin American Spanish)	Spanish