Examples of 'pull the rug' in a sentence

Meaning of "pull the rug"

Pull the rug: Figurative expression meaning to unexpectedly remove support or stability from someone or something. This phrase is often used metaphorically to describe a sudden, disruptive, or disorienting change that leaves a person or situation vulnerable or exposed
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  • Alternative form of pull the rug out from under

How to use "pull the rug" in a sentence

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pull the rug
You just pull the rug from under me.
Made me worried you were about to pull the rug out.
Pull the rug from underneath.
And then we pull the rug.
You pull the rug out from under me.
Suddenly you are gonna pull the rug out from under us.
Barnes would definitely see we are trying to pull the rug out.
You can not just pull the rug out suddenly.
Just when you got your foot in he would pull the rug out.
We must pull the rug out from under his feet.
And quantum mechanics seemed to pull the rug out from under that.
Then I pull the rug out from under them.
You just let her know that you can pull the rug.
Then they pull the rug out from under you.
You think for one minute you are gonna pull the rug out.

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First you pull the rug out from under my feet.
And tell John to pull the rug up.
God will pull the rug out from under them.
And I really do not want to pull the rug.
Unless they pull the rug out from under her.
Thus allowing the EU Commission and Parliament to pull the rug from under them.
Rantala can pull the rug from under his listeners.
Barnes would definitely see we'rying to pull the rug out.
I did not mean to pull the rug out from under you.
Pull the rug from under me, take the bread out of my mouth.
Lon tells me you are gonna pull the rug out from under me.
This will pull the rug from underneath the Internal Market.
I do not think this is the time to pull the rug from under their feet.
May very well pull the rug of empirical science from underneath your feet!
You really think you can just pull the rug out?
Because these pull the rug from under their feet.
Just when you got your foot in he'd pull the rug out.
Nobody wants to pull the rug from under an entire industry overnight.
Just when things are going great, they pull the rug out from under you.
But, they pull the rug from below your feet.
But what you're about to witness may very well pull the rug of empirical science.
He 's going to pull the rug out from under all of us.
They are not always fun to encounter, because they-they pull the rug out from under us.
And then they just pull the rug right out from under you.
It won't take me long to pull the rug.
You can not just pull the rug out from under her.
It 's a trick . he was planning to pull the rug out.
Elise decided to pull the rug out from under Bill.
Just when I start feeling better, that 's when you pull the rug out?
I just knew you would pull the rug out right from under me.
To pull the rug from under us? - As a matter of fact, I was.
And now he is on a mission to pull the rug from under my best guys.
To pull the rug from under us?
One of those landlords trying to pull the rug out from under his tenants.
Pull the rug below the door ; take the KEY ( H ).

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