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Meaning of "cut both ways" in the English dictionary

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WHAT DOES CUT BOTH WAYS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of cut both ways in the English dictionary

The definition of cut both ways in the dictionary is to have both good and bad effects. Other definition of cut both ways is to affect both sides of something, as two parties in an argument, etc.


WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE CUT BOTH WAYS

cut a person dead
cut a person down to size
cut a poor figure
cut across
cut along
cut and blow-dry
cut and dried
cut and paste
cut and run
cut and thrust
cut corners
cut down
cut glass
cut in
cut it
cut it fine
cut loose
cut lunch
cut no ice
cut of someone´s jib

WORDS THAT END LIKE CUT BOTH WAYS

always
anyways
both ways
cornerways
crossways
edgeways
endways
flatways
folkways
foodways
get a word in edgeways
have it both ways
leastways
lengthways
longways
noways
sideways
slantingways
swing both ways
thwartways

Synonyms and antonyms of cut both ways in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «cut both ways» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF CUT BOTH WAYS

Find out the translation of cut both ways to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of cut both ways from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «cut both ways» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

有利有弊
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

cortar en ambos sentidos
570 millions of speakers

English

cut both ways
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

दोनों तरीकों में कटौती
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

قطع في كلا الاتجاهين
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

палка о двух концах
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

cortado em ambos os sentidos
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

উভয় উপায় কাটা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

dans les deux sens
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Memotong kedua-dua cara
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

auf beide Seiten
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

両方の方法を切る
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

두 가지 를 잘라
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Cut loro cara
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

cắt cả hai cách
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

இரு வழிகளையும் வெட்டி விடுங்கள்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

दोन्ही प्रकारे कट
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Her iki yoldan kes
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

tagliare in entrambe le direzioni
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

cięcia w obu kierunkach
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

палиця з двома кінцями
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

taie în ambele sensuri
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

δίκοπο μαχαίρι
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

sny beide maniere
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

skär åt båda hållen
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

kutte begge veier
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of cut both ways

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «CUT BOTH WAYS»

The term «cut both ways» is normally little used and occupies the 129.318 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «CUT BOTH WAYS» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about cut both ways

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QUOTES WITH «CUT BOTH WAYS»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word cut both ways.
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Barton Gellman
Cloud services cut both ways in terms of security: you get off-site backup and disaster recovery, but you entrust your secrets to somebody else's hands. Doing the latter increases your exposure to government surveillance and the potential for deliberate or inadvertent breaches of your confidential files.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CUT BOTH WAYS»

Discover the use of cut both ways in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to cut both ways and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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A Collection of Confusible Phrases
... he was. cut his losses. cut both ways have it both ways cut both ways have a mixed effect; have both favorable and unfavorable results: In the Griese family, father and son are both cool, which cuts both ways. have it both ways I . have both of ...
Yuri Dolgopolov, 2004
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Cheater's Guide to Speaking English Like a Native
Boye Lafayette De Mente. Cut both ways "Cut both ways" refers to something, a comment or an action that has opposing effects, often one positive and one negative. a. Complaining to my boss cut both ways. He was pleased that I brought it to ...
Boye Lafayette De Mente, 2007
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The Federal Reporter: Cases Argued and Determined in the ...
Benjamin A. Williams, a cousin of the applicant, states that In July, 1886, Williams told him how to make a saw cut both ways by applying ratchets to make the saw feed in both directions; that he said "he was going to take off the lift and put on ...
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The Federal Reporter: With Key-number Annotations ...
Benjamin A. Williams, a cousin of the applicant, states that in July, 1886, Williams told him how to make a saw cut both ways by applying ratchets to make the saw feed, in both directions; that he said "he was going to take off the lift and pat on ...
Robert Desty, James Wells Goodwin, Peyton Boyle, 1894
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A General System of Botany Descriptive and Analytical: In ...
Seed, entire, and cut both ways to show the aocumbent cotyledons (mag.). IberU amara. \estia pan icu lata. Seed, entire, and cut both ways to show the incumlK'iit cotyledons (mag.). .Kfhiunema mxatile. Seed, entire, and cut both ways to show ...
Emmanuel Le Maout, Joseph Decaisne, Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker, 1876
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The Wood-worker
SHALL IT CUT BOTH WAYS? Which is the right way to run a Daniels planer? Should itbe run to cut in both directions? One of the men in our shop contends that this is the only right way. He has run such planers in other shops and has seen ...
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THE GARDENER'S MAGAZINE
We find, by experience, that the machine will cut both ways when the corn is standing upright, or nearly so ; and also when it is laid nearly parallel to the furrows, or when it is completely broken down, so that one could not say which ...
J.C. LOUDON, F.L.S. H.S. &C, 1831
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The Gardener's Magazine and Register of Rural and Domestic ...
... that number were required. We find, by experience, that the machine will cut both ways when the corn is standing upright, or nearly so ; and also when it is laid nearly parallel to the furrows, or when it is completely broken down, so that ...
John Claudius Loudon, 1831
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The Gardener's Magazine and Register of Rural & Domestic ...
From the trial made, it appeared to me that the machine (If the grain could have been cut both ways) would have cut fully an acre per hour, and the gather, ing, binding, and setting could have been performed by eight or ten people : and I may ...
10
The Gardener's Magazine and Register of Rural & Domestic ...
... that number were required. We find, by experience, that the machine will cut both ways when the corn is standing upright, or nearly so ; and also when it is laid nearly parallel to the furrows, or when it is completely broken down, so that ...
John Claudius Loudon, 1831

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CUT BOTH WAYS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term cut both ways is used in the context of the following news items.
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Justice must cut both ways
The court's international backers have to show that justice must cut both ways: if the US was to ratify the Rome Statutes, it would add pressure ... «The Africa Report, Jul 15»
2
Hillary Clinton vs. media: what's really going on (+video)
Social media can cut both ways. A campaign – or the White House – can bypass traditional media and reach voters directly on multiple ... «Christian Science Monitor, Jul 15»
3
The slow, curious fade of the male pop star
It's true that men in pop have always had fewer marketing arrows in their quiver—including sexuality, which can cut both ways. Michael Jackson ... «Entertainment Weekly, Jul 15»
4
Tell Me About It: Talk openly about commitment before you talk …
"If you really love me" pronouncements cut both ways and need to be called out accordingly. You're in it for the life commitment, right? «Philly.com, Jul 15»
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Carolyn Hax: Boyfriend calls her selfish when she won't move in
"If you really love me" pronouncements cut both ways and need to be called out accordingly. You're in it for the life commitment, right? «The Providence Journal, Jul 15»
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Hillary Clinton vs. media: what's really going on
Social media can cut both ways. A campaign – or the White House – can bypass traditional media and reach voters directly on multiple ... «Christian Science Monitor, Jul 15»
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How deference leads to activism (or scuttling originalism)
But then what is left of “deference” after one accepts that the constraints of original meaning cut both ways? Deference advocates make 2 ... «Washington Post, Jul 15»
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Some musings on geese, guns and discrimination
I suppose we would all do well to remember that accusations of bigotry have the potential to cut both ways, especially in the heat of an ... «Coos Bay World, Jul 15»
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Opposition parties ready, especially WP and SDP
This, though, could cut both ways, with liberals supporting the party, but conservatives, such as those against gay rights, distancing themselves. «AsiaOne, Jul 15»
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Free will must cut both ways
People celebrate in front of the U.S. Supreme Court after the ruling in favour of same-sex marriage on June 26. (Mark Wilson/Getty Images/AFP). «London Free Press, Jul 15»

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