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nonplus
vs
pull the rug (out) from under
nonplus
verb
To bewilder or perplex (someone); to confound, to flummox.
noun
A state of bewilderment or perplexity.
pull the rug (out) from under
How often have the words
nonplus
and
pull the rug (out) from under
occurred in a corpus of books?
(source:
Google Ngram Viewer
)