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Meanings of betray in English
Usage of betray in English
1
John Redwood MP said any such deal would betray the referendum result.
2
He didn't betray Great Britain, it was Great Britain that betrayed him.
3
The message was: Ally with a foreign power and she'll betray you.
4
Naturally, he was not allowed to betray any confidence regarding his employers.
5
She was prepared to betray them all in order to save humanity.
6
I just hope I don't have to betray them in the process.
7
To think that my body could betray me so easily was appalling.
8
Today, 52 of them voted to betray that oath-andall of us.
9
Keep yourself well in hand; do not let your eyes betray you.
10
Consider that it means your death if you betray the exalted tribunal.
11
Usually, beneath the political tension, it's the shoes that betray May's agenda.
12
Two days to think what it meant to abandon me, betray me.
13
I see I must learn not to betray my thoughts so easily.
14
And I did not betray the trust they had reposed in me.
15
We're willing to discuss a deal, but we won't betray our principles.
16
That's life: Trust and you're betrayed; don't trust and you betray yourself.
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Betray across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Less common
Ireland
Less common