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disconcert
vs
pull the rug (out) from under
disconcert
verb
To bring into confusion.
To frustrate, discomfit.
To upset the composure of.
noun
A state of disunion.
pull the rug (out) from under
How often have the words
disconcert
and
pull the rug (out) from under
occurred in a corpus of books?
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