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cuts someone's throat

cuts someone's throat is the third-person singular simple present indicative of cut someone's throat.

Meaning of cut someone's throat

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.

Questions about cuts someone's throat

What is cuts someone's throat the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Cuts someone's throat is the third-person singular simple present indicative of cut someone's throat.

Words near cuts someone's throat in the dictionary

  1. cuts someone loose
  2. cuts someone off at the knees
  3. cuts someone slack
  4. cuts someone some slack
  5. cuts someone's comb
  6. cuts someone's throat
  7. cuts swathes
  8. cuts the baby in half
  9. cuts the bullshit
  10. cuts the cheese
  11. cuts the coat according to the cloth

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