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
Alberta	al-BUR-tə (English), ahl-BER-tah (Italian, Polish, German)	English, Italian, Portuguese, Polish, German
Dipa	-	Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Punjabi, Bengali, Malayalam, Tamil
Olexiy	-	Ukrainian
ŽEljka	-	Croatian, Serbian, Slovene
Babylas	-	Late Greek, French (Rare)
Kay	[kei]