cut the ground out from under



cut the ground out from under someone

Fig. to destroy the foundation of someone's plans or someone's argument. The politician cut the ground out from under his opponent. Congress cut out the ground from under the president.
See also: cut, ground, out

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Minakomee-nah-koJapanese
Balmforth['ba:mfəθ]
Arturər-TOOR (Portuguese), ar-TOOR (Galician), AHR-tuwr (Polish), AHR-toor (German)Portuguese, Galician, Catalan, Polish, Russian, German, Estonian, Swedish, Romanian, Czech
Caoilinn-Irish
Tudor (2)-Romanian
Ludmila-Czech, Russian