adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
cut-throat competition (= very strong competition )
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The cutthroat competition in the airline industry kept prices low for many years.
cut-throat razor
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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At the root of the problems with the old system was cut-throat competition.
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Confounding nearly all expectations, he and his cut-throat regime proved highly resilient.
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In an increasingly cut-throat environment, purely political, or ideological, considerations may be important, albeit secondary.
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London movie-goers gave Glengarry Glen Ross, about cut-throat estate agents, the thumbs up this week.
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Media Advertising is a cut-throat business and nowhere is this more evident than in the media department of a thriving agency.
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Shops there got off to a bad start in the weeks after currency union, many demanding cut-throat prices.
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This new capitalism is a cut-throat enterprise: to stay in business you must not only compete with but beat your competitors.