cut both ways
1cut both ways — or[cut two ways] {v. phr.} To have two effects; cause injury to both sides. * /People who gossip find it cuts both ways./ …
2cut both ways — or[cut two ways] {v. phr.} To have two effects; cause injury to both sides. * /People who gossip find it cuts both ways./ …
3cut\ both\ ways — • cut both ways • cut two ways v. phr. To have two effects; cause injury to both sides. People who gossip find it cuts both ways …
4cut both ways — ► cut both ways 1) (of a point or statement) serve both sides of an argument. 2) (of an action or process) have both good and bad effects. Main Entry: ↑cut …
5cut both ways — phrasal or cut two ways : to have a mixed effect : have both favorable and unfavorable results or implications : avail for either of two counterarguments or implications a fact that cuts both ways in the case * * * cut both ways (of a decision,… …
6cut both ways — Something that cuts both ways has both a positive and a negative effect at the same time. Banning cars in the town centre can cut both ways : less traffic congestion but fewer customers in the shops …
7cut both ways — cut both/two ways ► to work in two ways, or to have two opposite effects: »Setting prices high cuts both ways – it could lose some customers, but it also suggests high quality. Main Entry: ↑cut …
8cut both ways — cut both/two ways to have two different effects at the same time, usually one good and one bad. Censorship cuts both ways; it prevents people from being corrupted, but it often also prevents them from knowing what is really going on. (never in… …
9cut both ways — if something cuts both ways, it has both good and bad aspects Independence in a relationship cuts both ways …
10cut both ways — serve both sides of an argument What he said cuts both ways and we should carefully think about it …