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cut both/two ways

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cut both/two ways

to have two different effects at the same time, usually one good and one bad. Censorship cuts both ways; it prevents people from being corrupted, but it often also prevents them from knowing what is really going on. (never in continuous tenses)

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cut a swath/swathe through
cut above
cut across
cut an interesting/ridiculous/unusual figure
cut and run
cut and thrust of
cut both ways

cut both/two ways
cut coat according to cloth
cut corners
cut dead
cut down to size
cut from the same cloth
cut in
cut it out

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