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Stab in the back

noun, verb

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Noun
  1. 1
    An act of betrayal or treachery.

    "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."

Verb
  1. 1
    To betray (somebody). idiomatic

    "“What concerns me,” Ryder said, as if they’d been having an entirely different conversation, “is that you’re angry right now, Harper. Menoris was a teammate and you trusted her; I get that. Everyone’s been stabbed in the back at some point or another. But are you going to Illium to complete the mission, or to get revenge?”"

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