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cut-throat

noun

  1. a person who cuts throats; murderer

  2. US name: straight razor.Also called: cut-throat razor.a razor with a long blade that usually folds into the handle

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


adjective

  1. bloodthirsty or murderous; cruel

  2. fierce or relentless in competition

    cut-throat prices

  3. (of some games) played by three people

    cut-throat poker

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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"It is, of course, not typical in today's world, but it might give you a different sense of how things should work for you in your career, as opposed to when you have like a really cut-throat agent who is looking for the highest profit."

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He adds: "I know this sounds cut-throat and well, basically it is cut-throat."

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Yet competition in China has become ever more cut-throat, with brands jostling for space in an increasingly saturated market.

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"We will not engage in market dumping or cut-throat competition, nor will we disrupt other countries' industries and economic development," he wrote in an opinion piece for the Indian Express newspaper.

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Really cleared the air, really honest, probably cut-throat I would imagine, but then to go on and win as many as they have is massive.

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