"cut someone's throat" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: cuts someone's throat [present, singular, third-person], cutting someone's throat [participle, present], cut someone's throat [participle, past], cut someone's throat [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|cut<,,cut> someone's throat}} cut someone's throat (third-person singular simple present cuts someone's throat, present participle cutting someone's throat, simple past and past participle cut someone's throat)
  1. (figurative) To pursue a course that is ruinous to someone's interests. Tags: figuratively
    Sense id: en-cut_someone's_throat-en-verb-ODW2NoE4 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

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