- cut-throat
- {adj.} Severe; intense; unrelenting. * /There is cut-throat competition among the various software companies today./
Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.
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Cut-throat — Cut throat, cutthroat or cut throat may refer to: A murderer Cut throat competition, a competition results in reducing prices A highly competitive person or organization Any three player game in which each player plays for him or herself; a 1 on… … Wikipedia
cut-throat — ˈcut throat adjective [only before a noun] COMMERCE involving businesses competing very strongly with each other, for example by offering lower prices which may force some businesses to fail: • Cut throat competition is keeping ticket prices low … Financial and business terms
cut-throat — cut|throat [ˈkʌtθrəut US θrout] adj [usually before noun] a cut throat activity or business involves people competing with each other in an unpleasant way ▪ Cut throat competition is keeping prices low. ▪ the cut throat world of advertising … Dictionary of contemporary English
cut-throat — ► NOUN dated ▪ a murderer or other violent criminal. ► ADJECTIVE ▪ ruthless and intense … English terms dictionary
cut|throat — «KUHT THROHT», noun, adjective. –n. 1. a person who kills; murderer. SYNONYM(S): assassin. 2. cutthroat bridge. 3. = cutthroat trout. (Cf. ↑cutthroat trout) 4. Especially British. an open razor: »I started shaving with a c … Useful english dictionary
cut-throat — ADJ GRADED: usu ADJ n (disapproval) If you describe a situation as cut throat, you mean that the people or companies involved all want success and do not care if they harm each other in getting it. ...the cut throat competition in personal… … English dictionary
cut-throat — This word occurs mainly in the phrase ‘cut throat competition’ in modern times, where ruthlessness is implied, though not to the point where competitors are literally murdered. The cut throat of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries was… … A dictionary of epithets and terms of address
cut-throat — noun 1》 dated a murderer or other violent criminal. 2》 (also cut throat trout) a trout of western North America, with red or orange markings under the jaw. [Salmo clarki.] adjective 1》 ruthless and intense: cut throat competition. 2》 (of some… … English new terms dictionary
cut-throat — {adj.} Severe; intense; unrelenting. * /There is cut throat competition among the various software companies today./ … Dictionary of American idioms
cut-throat — adj. Cut throat is used with these nouns: ↑competition, ↑razor, ↑world … Collocations dictionary
