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Meaning of stab in the back | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2

Definitions

An act of betrayal or treachery.

Equivalents

Deutsch Dolchstoß in den Rücken fallen
Español apuñalar por la espalda atacar por la espalda coger por la espalda dejar mal puñalada trapera
Suomi puukottaa selkään
Français coup de couteau dans le dos coup de poignard dans le dos prendre en traitre trahison
Nederlands dolksteek
Polski wbić nóż w plecy wbijać nóż w plecy
Português facada nas costas
Русский уда́р в спи́ну
Svenska knivhugg
Tiếng Việt hãm hại

Examples

“Vice-President Dick Cheney viewed the move⟳ by Britain—“perfidious Albion,” as he put⟳ it—as “a stab in the back,” according to a former senior intelligence official.”
“Another Russian general — Lt. Gen. Vladimir Alekseyev — made his own⟳ video appeal, calling any actions against the Russian state a “stab in the back of the country and president.””

CEFR level

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

stab in the dark stab pass stab stitch stab wound stab-in-the-back myth stab-rag

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