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cut someone's throat

cut someone's throat verb: to pursue a course that is ruinous to someone's interests.

Verb

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

  1. (figuratively) To pursue a course that is ruinous to someone's interests.

Forms of cut someone's throat

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

Questions about cut someone's throat

What does cut someone's throat mean?
Cut someone's throat means to pursue a course that is ruinous to someone's interests.
What part of speech is cut someone's throat?
Cut someone's throat is a verb.
What is the past tense of cut someone's throat?
The past tense of cut someone's throat is cut someone's throat.

Words near cut someone's throat in the dictionary

  1. cut someone loose
  2. cut someone off at the knees
  3. cut someone slack
  4. cut someone some slack
  5. cut someone's comb
  6. cut someone's throat
  7. cut splice
  8. cut splices
  9. cut stick
  10. cut swathes
  11. cut the baby in half

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