cut one's own throat

English

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Verb

cut one's own throat (third-person singular simple present cuts one's own throat, present participle cutting one's own throat, simple past and past participle cut one's own throat)

1. To bring about one's own ruin, especially by offering goods or services for far less than they are worth.

See also

• shoot oneself in the foot