If someone makes a plot and efforts to put barriers in someone's way that they fail their goals or don't get success, what idiom is used for this situation?

A. to cut others' leg

B. to cut others' ladder

C. to pull others' leg

Can we say:

X cut Y's legs so that Y doesn't get permission.

If someone makes a plot and efforts to put barriers in someone's way that they fail their goals or don't get success, what idiom is used for this situation?

A. to cut others' leg
B. to cut others' ladder
C. to pull others' leg

Can we say:

X cut Y's legs so that Y doesn't get permission.