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pull the rug (out) from under
vs
terrorize
pull the rug (out) from under
terrorize
verb
To coerce (someone) by using threats or violence.
To fill (someone) with terror; to terrify.
How often have the words
pull the rug (out) from under
and
terrorize
occurred in a corpus of books?
(source:
Google Ngram Viewer
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