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.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Hattie	['hæti]
Palmer	PAHL-mər, PAH-mər	English
Finnegan	FIN-ə-gən	Irish, English (Modern)
Arabinda	-	Bengali, Indian, Odia
Felicia	fə-LEE-shə (English), fe-LEE-thyah (Spanish), fe-LEE-syah (Latin American Spanish), fe-LEE-chyah (Romanian), fe-LEE-see-ah (Swedish)	English, Spanish, Hungarian, Romanian, Dutch, Swedish, Late Roman
EleonÓRa	-	Hungarian