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backstab

[ bak-stab ]

verb (used with object)

backstabbed, backstabbing.
  1. to attempt to discredit (a person) by underhanded means, as innuendo, accusation, or the like.


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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

  • ²ú²¹³Š°ìs³Ù²¹²úb±ð°ù noun
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of backstab1

First recorded in 1920–25; back 2 + stab
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In the eight episodes, which exist as a standalone story separate from the film and are now streaming, Eddie and Susie first collaborate, then backstab each other and eventually realize they are better as a team.

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"You don't know who to trust, and when you do trust someone they backstab you," he says.

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Trump exploded: "These people love me. These are my people. I can't backstab the people who support me."

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Trump exploded at Ryan: "These people love me. These are my people. I can't backstab the people who support me."

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In addition to “Peerless,” there are Sophie McIntosh’s “Macbitches,” about a group of college students who backstab one another in order to get the lead role in a school play, and “Mac Beth,” by Erica Schmidt, who condensed the text to 90 minutes and set her work in an all-girls high school.

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