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cutting someone's throat

cutting someone's throat is the present participle and gerund 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 cutting someone's throat

What is cutting someone's throat the present participle and gerund of?
Cutting someone's throat is the present participle and gerund of cut someone's throat.

Words near cutting someone's throat in the dictionary

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

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