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cut one's own throat

cut one's own throat verb: to bring about one's own ruin, especially by offering goods or services for far less than they are worth.

Verb

cut one's own throat (third-person singular simple present cuts one's own throat, present participle cutting one's own throat, simple past and past participle cut one's own throat)

  1. To bring about one's own ruin, especially by offering goods or services for far less than they are worth.

Forms of cut one's own throat

third-person singular presentcuts one's own throat
present participlecutting one's own throat
past participlecut one's own throat
pastcut one's own throat

Questions about cut one's own throat

What does cut one's own throat mean?
Cut one's own throat means to bring about one's own ruin, especially by offering goods or services for far less than they are worth.
What part of speech is cut one's own throat?
Cut one's own throat is a verb.
What is the past tense of cut one's own throat?
The past tense of cut one's own throat is cut one's own throat.

Words near cut one's own throat in the dictionary

  1. cut one's cloth to suit one's purse
  2. cut one's coat according to one's cloth
  3. cut one's eyeteeth
  4. cut one's losses
  5. cut one's lucky
  6. cut one's own throat
  7. cut one's stick
  8. cut one's teeth
  9. cut oneself
  10. cut out
  11. cut out of the same cloth

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