put/stick the knife into sb
(also put/stick the knife in)Definition
› to be unpleasant about someone or try to harm them: The reviewer in the magazine that I read really put the knife in.Disapproving and criticizingDamaging reputation
(Definition of put/stick the knife into sb from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- -basher suffix (CRITICIZE)
- -bashing suffix (CRITICIZE)
- aspersions noun
- bad-mouth verb
- blast verb (CRITICIZE)
- boo noun
- boo verb
- criticism noun
- denounce verb (CRITICIZE)
- deprecate verb (NOT APPROVE)
- disapproval noun
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- lashing noun (PUNISHMENT)
- niggle noun (CRITICISM)
- niggle verb (CRITICIZE)
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