cut-throat
61cut — I UK [kʌt] / US verb Word forms cut : present tense I/you/we/they cut he/she/it cuts present participle cutting past tense cut past participle cut *** 1) [transitive] to use a knife, pair of scissors, or other sharp tool to divide something into… …
62cut one's own throat — If you cut your own throat, you do something that will be the cause of your own failure or ruin your chances in the future. Tony has already missed a lot of classes. He s cutting his own throat …
63throat — /θroʊt / (say throht) noun 1. the passage from the mouth to the stomach or to the lungs; the fauces, pharynx, and oesophagus; the larynx and trachea. 2. some analogous or similar narrowed part or passage. 3. the front of the neck below the chin… …
64throat — n 1. gullet, gorge, esophagus, Archaic. weasand. 2. cut someone’s throat do [s.o.] wrong, Sl. do [s.o.] dirty, Sl. stab [s.o.] in the back; injure, hurt, harm. 3. jump down someone’s throat Slang. berate, tongue lash, yell at, Inf. dress down,… …
65Cut (film) — For the process of cutting in film making, see Cut (filmmaking). For the 2007 South Korean horror film, see The Cut (film). For the 2009 British short film, see Cut (advert). Cut Directed by …
66throat — n. 1 a the windpipe or gullet. b the front part of the neck containing this. 2 literary a a voice, esp. of a songbird. b a thing compared to a throat, esp. a narrow passage, entrance, or exit. 3 Naut. the forward upper corner of a fore and aft… …
67cut your own throat — hurt yourself, be your own worst enemy By overspending, you will cut your own throat …
68throat cut — n. the cut made into a key to bypass a throat ward …
69cut one’s own throat — tv. to do something that harms oneself. □ If I do that, I’d be cutting my own throat. □ He’s just cutting his own throat, and he knows it …
70throat — 1) the anterior ventral surface under the head 2) the distance from the tip of the point to the bottom of the hook bend in a fishing hook, q.v 3) to cut the throat of a …
