Definition of "cut-throat" [cut-throat]

• Alternative spelling of cutthroat. (adjective)

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• "Foster subsequently used the expression "cut-throat" to describe the first‑team culture at United, where a zero-tolerance policy towards anything getting in the way of winning meant a draw would feel like the end of the world."
• "It seems very personal to ask about work and age, but I guess you have to be a little cut-throat."
• "Christ knows how they expected me to turn the tables on the cut-throat boarders, but they were happy to clutch at whatever straw was offered."