pull the rug out from under

== English == === Pronunciation === === Verb === pull the rug out from under (third-person singular simple present pulls the rug out from under, present participle pulling the rug out from under, simple past and past participle pulled the rug out from under) (idiomatic) To suddenly remove support from. ==== Derived terms ==== rug-pull ==== Translations ==== === See also === cut the ground from under someone's feet take the wind out of someone's sails === References === “pull the rug (out) from under”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.