screwing over
Stabbing in back
To screw someone over is to treat them unfairly or betray their trust, typically for personal gain: The company screwed over its workers by cutting their pensions.
The phrase implies deliberate harm rather than accidental wrongdoing.
A screwing over is an instance of such treatment: That contract was a total screwing over.
- defraudingCheating for gain
- bilkingEvading rightful payment
- shaftedUnfairly betrayed or cheated
- swindlingFraudulent taking of money
- take forAssume identity of
backstabbing · treachery · double-cross · hosed · thrown under the bus · hung out to dry · stabbed in the back · gaslighting · betrayal · deceit · disloyalty · duplicity · manipulation · sabotage · wronged · played · taken advantage of · lying
screwing overhelping out
Providing voluntary assistance
looking out for · having someone's back · supporting · taking care of · backing up
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