cut one's throat

cut one's throat {v. phr.}, {informal}

To spoil one's chances; ruin a person.

He cut his own throat by his carelessness.

The younger men in the company were cutting each other's throats in their eagerness to win success.

John cut Freddie's throat with Mary by telling her lies.

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[shove down one's throat] or [ram down one's throat] {v. phr.}, {informal} To force you to do or agree to (something not wanted or liked.) * /We didn't want Mr. […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

throat

[throat] See: [CUT ONE'S THROAT], [FLY AT ONE'S THROAT], [JUMP DOWN ONE'S THROAT], [LUMP IN ONE'S THROAT], [RAM DOWN ONE'S THROAT] and [SHOVE DOWN ONE'S THROAT]. A Dictionary of American Idioms

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[cut-throat] {adj.} Severe; intense; unrelenting. * /There is cut-throat competition among the various software companies today./ A Dictionary of American Idioms

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