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
Fortunato	-	Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Hanna (1)	HAHN-nah (Finnish, Polish, Ukrainian), HAH-nah (German)	Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Finnish, Polish, Ukrainian, Belarusian, German, Dutch, Icelandic, Hungar
Lorelle	-	English (Rare)
Brigita	-	Slovene, Croatian, Latvian
Parvaneh	-	Persian
Adrijan	-	Croatian, Macedonian