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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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Zidane is very sensitive about his Algerian heritage, and being called a ``terrorist'' would cut two ways. The use of ionizing radiation in biology and medicine has always cut two ways. |
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