English Explanatory Dictionary

cut both ways

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To have both benefits and drawbacks.
  2. To have implications for something as well as its counterpart.
  3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see cut, both, ways.

Pronunciation

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Word forms

cut both ways cuts both ways cutting both ways

Related words

cruel mistress double-edged two-edged
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