to cut sb's throat
41throat — 01. I ve got a sore [throat] from yelling so much during the soccer game. 02. Her [throat] is always bothering her because she smokes too much. 03. The man held the woman by the [throat], and tried to choke her. 04. If your [throat] is bothering… …
42cut-throat — ADJ GRADED: usu ADJ n (disapproval) If you describe a situation as cut throat, you mean that the people or companies involved all want success and do not care if they harm each other in getting it. ...the cut throat competition in personal… …
43throat — noun 1 front part of the neck VERB + THROAT ▪ cut, slash, slit ▪ rip out ▪ I wanted to rip his throat out. PREPOSITION ▪ …
44cut-throat — This word occurs mainly in the phrase ‘cut throat competition’ in modern times, where ruthlessness is implied, though not to the point where competitors are literally murdered. The cut throat of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries was… …
45cut-throat — noun 1》 dated a murderer or other violent criminal. 2》 (also cut throat trout) a trout of western North America, with red or orange markings under the jaw. [Salmo clarki.] adjective 1》 ruthless and intense: cut throat competition. 2》 (of some… …
46cut-throat razor — noun, pl ⋯ zors [count] Brit : ↑straight razor * * * ˌcut throat ˈrazor f8 [cut throat razor] noun a ↑razor (= a tool used for shaving) with a long sharp blade compare ↑ …
47throat — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. neck, gullet, gorge, maw; windpipe; throttle. See opening. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. neck, windpipe, larynx, trachea, esophagus, jugular region, gullet, gorge, jugulum. • cut each other s throats*, Syn …
48cut — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 hole/opening made by cutting ADJECTIVE ▪ clean, neat ▪ little, small ▪ long ▪ straight …
49throat — /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… …
50Cut (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 …
