Definition of cut-throat

cut-throat

• of behavior to get what one wants, extremely aggressive. Has negative connotations.

  Sometimes in a business setting executives use cut-throat tactics to get ahead.

  Last edited on May 13 2011. Submitted by Charles B. from Westminster, CO, USA on Jun 17 1999.

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Other terms relating to 'cut':
cut	Definitions include: annoyed, angry, upset, disappointed.
cut a cookie	Definitions include: to do a U turn or turn around while driving.
cut a deal	Definitions include: to make a deal.
cut a melon	Definitions include: to flatulate; "fart".
cut a muffin	Definitions include: to flatulate.
cut and dried	Definitions include: a clear matter.
cut and run	Definitions include: to separate one's self from something, and then run away.
cut a rug	Definitions include: to dance.
cut bait	Definitions include: to give up.
cut down	Definitions include: to shoot a person.
cut friends	Definitions include: Also friends for cut.
cut glass	Definitions include: your hard nipples when you get too cold.
cut heads	Definitions include: To compete in a musical competition in front of a live audience, with the audience deciding the winner.
cut into	Definitions include: a phrase used to describe a person setting another person straight.
cut it	Definitions include: to tolerate.
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Other terms relating to 'throat':
deep throat	Definitions include: to perform fellatio in which the penetration is deep.
deep throat massage	Definitions include: fellatio
DT	Definitions include: acronym for deep throat.
have by the throat	Definitions include: to have the advantage in a situation.
shove down (one's) throat	Definitions include: to strongly or forcefully encourage a person to do something or take something.
throat	Definitions include: to forcefully penetrate a person's throat with a penis or dildo.
two ball throat cream	Definitions include: semen.

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