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Definition of cut-throat adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

cut-throat adjective  /ˈkʌt θrəʊt/  /ˈkʌt θrəʊt/ [usually before noun] jump to other results

1. (of an activity) in which people compete with each other in aggressive and unfair ways
   • the cut-throat world of politics
   Topics Businessc2Oxford Collocations DictionaryCut-throat is used with these nouns:
   • competition
   • razor
   • world
   • …
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Other results

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• cut-throat razor noun
• cut-throat razors
• cut-throat razor
• cut your own throat

Idioms

• cut your own throat

Nearby words

• cutscene noun
• cutter noun
• cut-throat adjective
• cut-throat razor noun
• cut through phrasal verb

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