Briefing
"But what’s happening now is off the scale. I can’t remember a time in British politics when different wings of the Tory party wanted to destroy each other more than they wanted to destroy the left. I can’t remember this level of viciousness in the briefing and whispering campaigns politicians conduct against each other. It’s as if every minor issue has become framed around the existential issues." (The Guardian.)
Can briefing in "the briefing campaign" be metaphorically understood as 'stabbing somebody in the back' in the context above?
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anonymous Can "b riefin g" in "the briefing ... campaig ns " be metaphorically understood as providing/disseminating information with the intention of 'stabbing somebody in the back' in the context above? Yes.
- anonymous Can "b riefin g" in "the briefing ...
- campaig ns " be metaphorically understood as providing/disseminating information with the intention of 'stabbing somebody in the back' in the context above?
- Yes.
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anonymousCan "briefing" in "the briefing ... campaigns" be metaphorically understood as providing/disseminating information with the intention of 'stabbing somebody in the back' in the context above?
Yes.
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