whipsawing

Verb

whipsaw (third-person singular simple present whipsaws, present participle whipsawing, simple past whipsawed, past participle whipsawn)

1. To operate a whipsaw.
2. (transitive) To cause (a trader) to lose potential profit by buying shares just before the price falls, or by selling them just before the price rises.
3. (transitive) To defeat someone in two different ways at once.
   • Whipsawed by events and facing another midterm electoral defeat, President Obama has directed his team to forge a policy agenda to regain momentum for his final two years in office even as some advisers urge that he rethink the way he governs.2014 November 1, Peter Baker, Michael D. Shear, “Braced for a shift in Congress, Obama is setting a new agenda [print version: Obama plots a route for compromise after election, International New...
4. Of a trade union: to coerce employers into capitulating by bringing them the news that other (more easily convinced) employers have already done so.
5. (US) To accept bribes from multiple parties at once, with the intent of letting down one or more of them.

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