dog-eat-dogadjective
uk/ˌdɒɡ.iːtˈdɒɡ/us/ˌdɑː.ɡ.iːtˈdɑː.ɡ/used to describe a situation in which people will do anything to be successful, even if what they do harms other people:
It's a dog-eat-dog world out there.
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Competing and contending (non-sporting)
- cat
- challenge
- close-run
- competitive
- contend
- contender
- contest
- contestant
- entry
- go in for sth
- jockey
- pit sb/sth against sb/sth
- pit your wits against sb/sth idiom
- play cat and mouse idiom
- play sb/sth off against sb/sth
- race
- rival
- rivalry
- scramble
- square
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