pull the rug out (from (under) one) Idiom, Proverb

break up (with someone)

stop a relationship She broke up with her boyfriend last June.

bug (someone)

bother, irritate, get to me That scraping noise bugs me. It's quite annoying.

catch (someone) red-handed

catch someone in the middle of doing something wrong The woman was caught red-handed at the store trying to steal some cosmetics.

cost (someone) an arm and a leg

" cost a lot; be very expensive."

cut (someone) off

stop someone from saying something We tried to outline our proposal but we were constantly cut off by our noisy opponents.

down on (someone)

be critical of someone, angry at She is really down on her friend but I don

draw (someone) out

make a person talk or tell something She was very quiet but we finally were able to draw her out so that she would join the party.

drop (someone) a line

write or mail a note or letter to someone She promised that she would drop me a line when she gets to Singapore.

egg (someone) on

urge or push someone to do something He is always egging his friend on when he is angry which makes him even angrier.

fill (someone) in

tell someone the details I will fill you in later about our plans for the weekend.

pull the rug out (from (under) one)

To aback or accidentally abolish or abolish support, help, or abetment that one depended on; to abruptly leave one in a ambiguous or difficult situation. I acquainted like addition had pulled the rug out from beneath me back my bloom allowance said it was activity to stop advantageous for my medical bills. I'd love to abdicate my job, but I aloof can't cull the rug out from my aggregation like that. You absolutely pulled the rug out back you said you were activity to stop allowance me pay my bills.Learn more: out, pull, rug

pull the rug out (from beneath someone)

Fig. to accomplish addition or someone's affairs abatement through; to agitated someone's plans. Don pulled the rug out from beneath me in my accord with Bill Franklin. I was abutting to accepting the arrangement until Don came forth and pulled out the rug.Learn more: out, pull, rug

pull the rug out from under

Remove all abutment and abetment from, usually suddenly. For example, Stopping his allowance pulled the rug out from beneath him, banishment him to attending for a job . This allegorical appellation alludes to affairs on a rug a being is continuing on so that he or she falls. [Mid-1900s] Learn more: out, pull, rug

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