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    Idiom: Stick The Knife In

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    stick the knife in 

    Meanings

    How to pronounce "stick the knife in":

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    To say or do something deliberately and unnecessarily malicious.

    Example Sentences

    1
    He always tries to stick the knife in when discussing his ex-wife, painting her in the worst possible light.

    A-Z Proximities

    • stick one's head in the sand
    • stick one's neck out
    • stick one's nose into
    • stick one's oar in
    • stick out
    • stick the knife in
    • stick the landing
    • stick to
    • stick to one's guns
    • stick to one's knitting
    • stick to one's last

    Similar Idioms

    • stick the knife in
    • before you can say knife
    • bring a knife to a gunfight
    • beat off with a stick
    • beat with the ugly stick
    • carrot and stick
    • clue stick
    • get on the stick
    • holy crap on a stick
    • keep one's stick on the ice
    • more than you can shake a stick at
    • old stick
    • short end of the stick
    • stick a fork in something
    • stick by
    • stick in someone's craw
    • stick in the mud
    • stick it to
    • stick it to the man
    • stick one's foot in it

    Similar Phrases

    • bolo knife
    • bowie knife
    • bread knife
    • butcher knife
    • butter knife
    • carving knife
    • cheese knife
    • clasp knife
    • fish knife
    • hobby knife
    • case knife
    • chopper knife
    • chopping knife
    • dutch case-knife bean
    • gardening knife
    • hunting knife
    • paper knife
    • paring knife
    • pruning knife
    • knife blade
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