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gen.	cut the ground from under feet (у кого-либо); knock the bottom out of; cut the ground from under; knock the bottom out of an argument; overcome (IgorTolok); pull the rug from under someone's feet (Anglophile); put somebody on one's heels (VLZ_58)
busin.	pull the carpet away from under feet
idiom.	take the wind out of one's sails; cut one's legs out from under smb. (Am.E., NYC: She's trying to cut my damn legs out from under me Taras)
Makarov.	knock the bottom out of something; cut the ground from under someone's feet (у кого-либо); cut the ground from under (у кого-либо)
proverb	cut the ground from under (someone); у кого-либо); knock the sand from under (someone); у кого-либо)
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gen.	cut the grass from under feet; knock the sand from under; pull the carpet from under; take the wind out of sails; take the wind out from sails; cut the grass from under s feet; pull the floor out from under (someone); может употребляться без under as in "McConnel pulls the floor out from defeated Trump", а вот с under: The Republican Senate majority leader chose Tuesday, the day after the Electoral College affirmed President-elect Joe Biden's victory, as the moment to pull the floor out from under the defeated President. cnn.com Mr. Wolf)
Makarov.	knock the sand from under (someone); pull the carpet out from under (someone); take the wind out of from someone's sails; cut the grass from under someone's feet; pull the carpet from under (someone); take the wind out of someone's sails

выбить почву из-под ног: 10 phrases in 2 subjects

General	2
Makarov	8