Usually means: Ruthlessly competitive or cutthroat environment.
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We found 15 dictionaries that define the word dog-eat-dog:

General (10 matching dictionaries)
  1. dog-eat-dog: Merriam-Webster
  2. dog-eat-dog: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  3. dog-eat-dog: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  4. dog-eat-dog: Wiktionary
  5. dog-eat-dog: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  6. dog-eat-dog: Infoplease Dictionary
  7. dog-eat-dog: Dictionary.com
  8. dog-eat-dog: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  9. Dog-Eat-Dog: A to Z list of the most popular idioms
  10. dog-eat-dog: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. dog-eat-dog: Legal dictionary
  2. dog-eat-dog: Financial dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. dog-eat-dog: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. dog-eat-dog: Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. dog-eat-dog: Idioms

Definitions from Wiktionary (Dog-eat-dog)

adjective:  Alternative form of dog eat dog [Ruthlessly acquisitive or competitive. Describes a business or other set of circumstances where people try to succeed at the expense of other people.]

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