cut one's throat

cut one's throat
{v. phr.}, {informal} To spoil one's chances; ruin a person. * /He cut his own throat by his carelessness./ * /The younger men in the company were cutting each other's throats in their eagerness to win success./ * /John cut Freddie's throat with Mary by telling her lies./

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  • cut one's throat — {v. phr.}, {informal} To spoil one s chances; ruin a person. * /He cut his own throat by his carelessness./ * /The younger men in the company were cutting each other s throats in their eagerness to win success./ * /John cut Freddie s throat with… …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • cut\ one's\ throat — v. phr. informal To spoil one s chances; ruin a person. He cut his own throat by his carelessness. The younger men in the company were cutting each other s throats in their eagerness to win success. John cut Freddie s throat with Mary by telling… …   Словарь американских идиом

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  • cut one's own throat —    If you cut your own throat, you do something that will be the cause of your own failure or ruin your chances in the future.     Tony has already missed a lot of classes. He s cutting his own throat …   English Idioms & idiomatic expressions

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  • cut one’s own throat — tv. to do something that harms oneself. □ If I do that, I’d be cutting my own throat. □ He’s just cutting his own throat, and he knows it …   Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions

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