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idiomstab sb in the backto do something that harms someone who you are working with, especially in a secret or indirect way ◆ often used in business and politics:You've got to be careful with employment agencies, because they'll stab you in the back if it makes things easier for them.In marketing it was a very competitive atmosphere, with everyone stabbing everyone else in the back.a stab in the back: Nizan's decision to leave the Party was interpreted by his comrades as a treacherous stab in the back.back-stabbing: People work together in local politics, it's not like the back-stabbing that goes on at Westminster.
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