Dog Eat Dog

Meaning: the world is very tough, everyone has to fight for themselves
How to use in a sentence: The man made a deal that meant that his company was going to make lots of money, but that his competition would go out of business and 1000 people would lose their jobs.  When asked about how he felt about this he said, "It's a dog eat dog world!"

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