dog eat dog

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj

Ruthlessly acquisitive or competitive; of a business or other set of circumstances, trying to succeed at the expense of other people.

/dɒɡ iːt dɒɡ/ /dɔɡ it dɔɡ/

dog eat dog dog-eat-dog doggy dog doggy-dog

From dog + eat + dog. Derived from Latin canis caninam non est (“a dog does not eat the flesh of a dog”).

every man for himself kill or be killed

zero-sum

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