(figuratively) To pursue a course that is ruinous to someone's interests.

present participle of cut down to size

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of cut down to size

To humble or humiliate, especially someone or something that is perceived as overly domineering or too proud. / Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see cut, down, size.

Synonym of split the baby

(game theory) a kind of fair division problem in which there is a divisible heterogeneous resource that must be divided among several partners in a subjectively fair way

Alternative form of cut someone some slack

plural of death by a thousand cuts

To cease to be a child; to become shrewd.

Alternative form of cut and come again