"cutting someone off at the knees" meaning in English

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Verb

Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} cutting someone off at the knees
  1. present participle and gerund of cut someone off at the knees Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: cut someone off at the knees
    Sense id: en-cutting_someone_off_at_the_knees-en-verb-Q3RlcMDw Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries
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