Related Words for stab in the back

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stab
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Noun, Noun
stroke
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Noun
trick
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Noun
back of one's hand
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Phrase, Noun
blot on the escutcheon
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Phrase, Noun
knock
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Noun
confidence trick
/xx/
Phrase, Noun
fall
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Noun
bait and switch
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Phrase, Noun, Verb
bite
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Noun
practical joke
/xx/
Phrase, Noun
shakedown
/x
Noun
gotcha
/x
Noun
trip
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Noun
rearguard action
///x
Phrase, Noun
torture
/x
Noun
hatchet job
/x/
Phrase, Noun
bolt
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Noun
kiss of death
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Phrase, Noun
chip on one's shoulder
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Phrase, Noun
bolt from the blue
//x/
Phrase, Noun
stake
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Noun
hat trick
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Phrase, Noun
tale
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Noun
fetch
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Verb
stalk
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Noun
exploit
/x
Verb
sucker punch
/x/
Phrase, Noun, Verb
turn of events
//x/
Phrase, Noun
scalp
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Noun
steer
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Verb
parting shot
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Phrase, Noun
whack
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Noun
stick
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Noun
seeing to
/x/
Phrase, Noun
stroke of luck
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Phrase, Noun
pass
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Noun
hack
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Noun
egg on one's face
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Phrase, Noun
burn
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Noun
caper
/x
Noun
plant
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Noun
hook
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Noun
boot
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Noun
swindle
/x
Noun
inside job
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Phrase, Noun
snag
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Noun
line
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Noun
sell
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Verb
works
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Noun
dodge
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Noun
bloodbath
/x
Noun
spoiler alert
/xx/
Phrase, Noun
ramp
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Noun
touch
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Noun
highway robbery
/x/xx
Phrase, Noun
smash
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Noun
lash
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Noun
save
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Verb
tack
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Noun
toast
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Noun
contract
/x
Noun
beat
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Noun
booby trap
/x/
Phrase, Noun
dead giveaway
//xx
Phrase, Noun
sticky fingers
/x/x
Phrase, Noun
bait
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Noun
fork
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Noun
choke
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Verb
catch
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Noun
riposte
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Noun
slant
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Noun
guilt trip
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Phrase, Noun, Verb
pat on the back
//x/
Phrase, Noun, Verb
bone to pick
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Phrase, Noun
uphill battle
///x
Phrase, Noun
tilt
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Noun
time bomb
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Phrase, Noun
have
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Verb
stepping stone
/x/
Phrase, Noun
above
x/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun
accidental
xx/x
Adjective, Noun
accompany
x/xx
Verb
accrue
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Verb, Noun
ache
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Noun, Verb
across
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Adverb, Noun
adjoining
x/x
Adjective
advance
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Noun, Verb, Adjective
afresh
x/
Adverb
aft
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Noun, Adjective, Adverb
after
/x
Adverb, Adjective, Noun
afternoon
xx/
Noun, Adverb
again
x/
Adverb
agar
/x
Noun
ago
x/
Adjective, Noun
ahead
x/
Adverb
algal
/x
Adjective, Noun
along
x/
Adverb
already
x/x
Adverb
an
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Noun
anew
x/
Adverb
ante
/x
Noun, Verb
anther
/x
Noun
appeal
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Noun, Verb
archaic
x/x
Adjective, Name
arrears
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Noun
arrow
/x
Noun, Verb
aseptic
x/x
Adjective, Noun
assassinate
x/xx
Verb, Noun
assault
x/
Noun, Verb
astern
/x
Adverb, Adjective
attempt
x/
Noun, Verb
away
x/
Adverb, Adjective, Verb
back out
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Phrase, Verb
back up
//
Phrase, Verb
backbone
/x
Noun
backcountry
//x
Noun
backdrop
/x
Noun, Verb
backed
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Adjective
backend
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Noun
background
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
backhand
/x
Noun, Verb, Adjective
backseat
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Noun, Verb
backside
/x
Noun, Adjective
backtrack
/x
Verb, Noun
backup
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
backward
/x
Adverb, Adjective, Noun, Verb
backyard
/x
Noun
band
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Noun, Verb
banging
/x
Noun, Adjective
barn
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Noun, Verb
bayonet
/xx
Noun, Verb
before
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Adverb, Noun
behind
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Adverb, Adjective, Noun
belly
/x
Noun, Verb
bench
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Noun, Verb
bentley
/x
Name
binding
/x
Noun, Adjective
blood
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Noun, Verb
body
/x
Noun, Verb
bone
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Noun, Adjective, Verb, Adverb
boost
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Verb, Noun
bottom
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
bout
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Noun, Verb
bricked
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Adjective
bring
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Verb, Noun
bring forward
//x
Phrase, Verb
butt
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Noun, Verb
challenge
/x
Noun, Verb
champion
/xx
Noun, Adjective, Verb
chest
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Noun, Verb
chill
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Noun, Adjective, Verb
chimes
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Verb
chine
x
Noun, Verb
clock
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Noun, Verb
cluttered
/x
Adjective
coast
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Noun, Verb
coccyx
/x
Noun
collect
x/
Verb, Adjective, Adverb, Noun
come
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Verb, Noun
comeback
/x
Noun, Verb
confirm
x/
Verb, Adverb
conversely
/xx
Adverb
conversion
x/x
Noun
copies
/x
Noun
cover
/x
Verb, Noun, Adjective
crack
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Noun, Verb, Adjective
cut
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Verb, Noun, Adjective
decline
x/
Noun, Verb
decrease
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Noun, Verb
defend
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Verb
dent
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Noun, Verb
dig
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Verb, Noun
distinctive
x/x
Adjective, Noun
door
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Noun, Verb
dorsal
/x
Adjective, Noun
dorsum
/x
Noun
dos
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Noun, Verb
dossier
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Noun
double up
/x/
Phrase, Verb
down
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Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun
dual
/x
Adjective, Noun, Verb
earlier
/xx
Adverb, Adjective
effort
/x
Noun, Verb
end
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Noun, Verb
endorse
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Verb, Noun
even
/x
Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun
expense
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Noun, Verb
face
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Noun, Verb
feedback
/x
Noun, Verb
fender
/x
Noun, Verb
file
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Noun, Verb
find
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Verb, Noun
flash
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Noun, Verb, Adjective
flashback
/x
Noun, Verb
flatbed
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
flip
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Adjective, Verb, Noun
floating
/x
Adjective, Noun
fond
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Verb, Noun, Adjective
fore
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Noun, Adjective, Adverb
foregoing
x/x
Adjective
forth
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Adverb, Noun, Adjective
forward
/x
Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun
fro
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Adverb, Noun
front
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Noun, Adjective, Verb
fullback
/x
Noun
fund
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Noun, Verb
furnish
/x
Verb, Noun
further
/x
Adjective, Adverb, Verb
gage
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Noun, Verb
gale
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Noun, Verb
game
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Noun, Adjective, Verb
garden
/x
Noun, Verb, Adjective
gator
/x
Noun
get
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Verb, Noun
goad
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Noun, Verb
gore
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Noun, Verb
gouge
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Noun, Verb
guarantee
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Noun, Verb
gust
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Noun, Verb
hanging
/x
Adjective, Noun
haut
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Noun, Adjective
here
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Adverb, Adjective, Noun
high
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Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb
hind
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Adjective, Noun
hinder
/x
Verb, Adjective, Noun
hindsight
/x
Noun
hit
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Verb, Noun, Adjective
home
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Noun, Verb, Adjective, Adverb
homecoming
/xx
Noun
horse
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Noun, Verb
howl
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Noun, Verb
hurt
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Verb, Noun, Adjective
immediately
x/xxx
Adverb
inclination
xx/x
Noun
income
/x
Noun
inside
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Adverb, Noun, Adjective
inversely
x/x
Adverb
jab
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Noun, Verb
jolt
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Noun, Verb
kidney
/x
Noun
kill
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Verb, Noun
kitchen
/x
Noun, Verb