pull the rug out

pull the rug out (from under someone)

Fig. to make someone or someone's plans fall through; to upset someone's plans. Don pulled the rug out from under me in my deal with Bill Franklin. I was close to getting the contract until Don came along and pulled out the rug.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Martha	MAHR-thə (English)	English, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Dutch, German, Greek, Biblical, Old Church Slavic, Biblical Lat
Aliaksei	-	Belarusian
Euphemia	yoo-FEM-ee-ə (English)	Ancient Greek, English (Archaic)
Mattias	mah-TEE-ahs (German)	German, Swedish
Gunn	-	Norwegian
Ptolemais	-	Ancient Greek