cut both ways

cut both ways
phrasal or cut two ways
: to have a mixed effect : have both favorable and unfavorable results or implications : avail for either of two counterarguments or implications

a fact that cuts both ways in the case

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cut both ways
(of a decision, action, situation, etc) to have or result in both advantages and disadvantages
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Main Entry: ↑cut

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cut both ways phrase
if something cuts both ways, it has both good and bad aspects

Independence in a relationship cuts both ways.

Thesaurus: partly good and partly badsynonym
Main entry: cut

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(of a point or statement) serve both sides of an argument
■ (of an action or process) have both good and bad effects

the triumphs of civilization cut both ways

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cut both ways
: to have both good and bad results, effects, etc.

He knows that his extreme competitiveness cuts both ways.

These changes in the economy cut both ways.

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Main Entry: ↑cut

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cut both/two ˈways idiom
(of an action, argument, etc.) to have two opposite effects or results
Main entry: ↑wayidiom

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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