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phraseYou use dog eat dog to express your disapproval of a situation where everyone wants to succeed and is willing to harm other people in order to do so. [disapproval] It is very much dog eat dog out there. The TV business today is a dog-eat-dog business. See full dictionary entry for dogdog eat dog in British Englishruthless competition or self-interest dog-eat-dog in American English (ˌdɔgitˈdɔg) adjective characterized by ruthless or savage competition used for describing a situation in which everyone wants to succeed and is willing to harm other peopleor to use dishonest methods in order to do this In the 1992 campaign, he said that if it was going to be `dog eat dog' he would doanything it took to get himself re-elected. Examples of 'dog eat dog' in a sentencedog eat dog TV is a dog-eat-dog business. Additional synonymsDefinition fierce or ruthless in competition the cut-throat world of international finance Synonyms competitive, fierce, ruthless, relentless, unprincipled, dog-eat-dogDefinition savagely fierce or cruel Fighting has been ferocious. Synonyms cruel, bitter, brutal, vicious, ruthless, relentless, barbaric, merciless, brutish, bloodthirsty, barbarous, pitiless, tigerish Definition very aggressive or angry the teeth of some fierce animal Synonyms ferocious, wild, dangerous, cruel, savage, brutal, aggressive, menacing, vicious, fiery, murderous, uncontrollable, feral, untamed, barbarous, fell (archaic), threatening, baleful, truculent, tigerish, aggers (Australian, slang), biffo (Australian, slang) Nearby words ofdog-eat-dog - doff
- dog
- dog's dinner
- dog-eat-dog
- dogged
- doggedness
- doggo
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