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Meaning of pull the rug out from under | Babel Free

Verb CEFR C2

Definitions

To suddenly remove support from.

idiomatic

Examples

“But his organisation has been knocked off course by unexpected events: an economic downturn and 'austerity'... the Croydon tram crash... Brexit... and now a global pandemic that has pulled the rug from beneath Transport for London's feet.”

CEFR level

C2

Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.

See also

pull the shutters down pull the string pull the trigger pull the wires pull the wool over someone's eyes pull through