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dog-eat-dog

[dawg-eet-dawg, dog-eet-dog] / ˈdɔg itˈdɔg, ˈdɒg itˈdɒg /


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“JUCO is … a dog-eat-dog world. So I think that kind of heightened everything and the sense or urgency to learn it.”

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 17, 2025

He just wanted to play, so he pushed on in what he's called the dog-eat-dog world of professional rugby, disastrously as it turned out.

From BBC • Sep. 22, 2023

“When they abandon multilateralism, everybody else abandons it and it becomes a dog-eat-dog world. And that’s the challenge.”

From Seattle Times • Sep. 25, 2022

The strong are not safe either in that kind of dog-eat-dog world — they are at risk from each other.

From Salon • Jun. 12, 2022

Life on the streets was a dog-eat-dog world.

From "Woe Is I" by Patricia T. O'Conner




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