- beggar-my-neighbour strategy
- nouna policy of promoting oneself at the expense of others; used especially of national policy-
the United States has pursued a beggar-my-neighbor policy
• Hypernyms: ↑policy
Useful english dictionary. 2012.
beggar-my-neighbour strategy
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