Usually means: Betray someone who trusts you.
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General (10 matching dictionaries)
  1. backstab: Merriam-Webster
  2. backstab: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. backstab: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. backstab: Collins English Dictionary
  5. Backstab, backstab: Wordnik
  6. backstab: Wiktionary
  7. backstab: Infoplease Dictionary
  8. backstab: Dictionary.com
  9. Backstab: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  10. backstab: TheFreeDictionary.com

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Definitions from Wiktionary (backstab)

verb:  (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.
noun:  An act of backstabbing.

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