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backstab en · NOUN
Pronunciation
Etymology
From back + stab.
Meanings
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An act of backstabbing.
After this conversation I was shocked; he asked me to leave the car so he would stay with her alone. Everything fell on me, I felt my body heavy and my heart beating very fast. It was such a backstab that it still hurts today.
2016, Mauro Paulino, Forensic Psychology of Spousal Violence, London: Academic Press, →ISBN, page 160:
Forms
Synonyms
stab in the back
backstab en · VERB
Pronunciation
Etymology
From back + stab.
Meanings
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(transitive) To attack someone (especially verbally) unfairly in a deceitful, underhand, or treacherous manner, especially when they're not present in the place or situation that it happens.
Forms
Deriveds
backstabber · backstabbee · backstabby
Synonyms
stab in the back
Translations (15)
ru ударя́ть в спи́ну (to attack someone (especially verbally) unfairly — see also stab in the back) · hu hátba szúr (to attack someone (especially verbally) unfairly — see also stab in the back) · cmn 背叛 (to attack someone (especially verbally) unfairly — see also stab in the back) · ru уда́рить в спи́ну (to attack someone (especially verbally) unfairly — see also stab in the back) · hu hátba támad (to attack someone (especially verbally) unfairly — see also stab in the back) · sv ge någon en dolkstöt (to attack someone (especially verbally) unfairly — see also stab in the back) · sv ge någon ett svinhugg (to attack someone (especially verbally) unfairly — see also stab in the back) · ja 裏切る (to attack someone (especially verbally) unfairly — see also stab in the back) · ru напа́сть исподтишка́ (to attack someone (especially verbally) unfairly — see also stab in the back) · de hintergehen (to attack someone (especially verbally) unfairly — see also stab in the back) · ru напада́ть исподтишка́ (to attack someone (especially verbally) unfairly — see also stab in the back) · fi puukottaa selkään (to attack someone (especially verbally) unfairly — see also stab in the back) · id menikam (to attack someone (especially verbally) unfairly — see also stab in the back) · it colpire alle spalle (to attack someone (especially verbally) unfairly — see also stab in the back) · sv hugga i ryggen (to attack someone (especially verbally) unfairly — see also stab in the back)