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put/stick the knife in (British & Australian informal)

to do or say something unpleasant to someone in an unkind way 'No one in the office likes you, you know, Tim', she said, putting the knife in. The reviewer from The Times really stuck the knife in, calling it the worst play he'd seen in years.

See also: knife, put

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She told me she needs it because she was raped by a boy on her way back from school and if she ever sees him again she says she is going to stick the knife in him. MUST involve the adults by Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland) Louis, who launched his blast in a TV listings mag, also took the opportunity to stick the knife in on X Factor finalist Ray Quinn. Bored of the Dance by The Mirror (London, England) Not as thrilled as Britney is to stick the knife in, no doubt. 3am: Britney Spears by The Mirror (London, England)			steven stew stew in own juice stick stick around stick at stick by stick down stick in stick in craw stick in gullet stick in mind stick into stick it out stick it to stick man stick neck out stick nose up in the air stick on stick out stick out a mile stick out against stick out like a sore thumb stick out to stick shift stick the knife in stick through stick to stick to fingers stick to guns stick to knitting stick to ribs stick together stick tongue out stick up stick up for stick with stick with it stick-in-the-mud Sticks and stones may break my bones sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me sticks in the/ mind sticky stiff stiff as a poker stiffen up stigmatize as still still and all still as death still tongue makes a wise head			stick out stick out stick out a mile stick out a mile stick out a mile stick out a mile stick out against stick out for stick out like a sore thumb stick out like a sore thumb stick out like a sore thumb stick out like a sore thumb stick out like a sore thumb stick out to Stick people stick pin STIcK SCATterometer stick shellac stick shift stick shift stick shifts Stick Stories 1 Stick style stick that in your pipe and smoke it stick that in your pipe and smoke it! Stick the Dealer stick the knife stick the knife stick the knife stick the knife stick the knife in stick the knife into stick the knife into stick the knife into stick the knife into stick through stick through stick through stick through stick through stick through stick to stick to stick to stick to (one's) knitting stick to (one's) knitting stick to (one's) knitting stick to (one's) knitting stick to (one's) knitting stick to (one's) ribs stick to (one's) ribs stick to (one's) ribs stick to (one's) ribs stick to (one's) ribs stick to fingers stick to guns stick to guns stick to guns stick to guns stick to guns stick to knitting

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