stick the knife in en · VERB
Pronunciation
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Meanings
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(idiomatic) To say or do something deliberately and unnecessarily malicious.
Bengali speaks with courtly floweriness even when sticking the knife in, and Thompson's well-meaning British bluntness was not appreciated.
2001, Ezra Greenspan, Jonathan Rose, Book History, volume 4, page 307:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| stuck the knife in | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| stuck the knife in | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| sticking the knife in | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| sticks the knife in | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic |