cut-throat
adjective/ˈkʌt θrəʊt/
/ˈkʌt θrəʊt/
[usually before noun]- (of an activity) in which people compete with each other in aggressive and unfair ways
- the cut-throat world of politics
Oxford Collocations DictionaryCut-throat is used with these nouns:- competition
- razor
- world
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