cut (someone's) throat

To bring about or be the cause of someone's ruin, downfall, or failure. That discount supermarket is cutting our throats, there's no way we can compete with their prices! Jim set out to cut his brother's throat after finding out that he'd been swindled.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Nikanor	-	Ancient Greek
Davison	['deivisn]
Theia	-	Greek Mythology
Dan (3)	DAHN (Swedish)	Swedish, Danish, Norwegian
Ferdinand	FER-dee-nahnt (German, Dutch), FUR-di-nand (English), FER-dee-nahnd (Finnish)	German, French, Dutch, English, Czech, Slovene, Finnish, Ancient Germanic
Wally	WAHL-ee	English