cut two ways

See: CUT BOTH WAYS.

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cut both ways

[cut both ways] or [cut two ways] {v. phr.} To have two effects; cause injury to both sides. * /People who gossip find it cuts both ways./ A Dictionary of American Idioms

way

[way] See: [ALL THE WAY] or [THE WHOLE WAY], [BY THE WAY], [BY WAY OF], [COME A LONG WAY], [CUT BOTH WAYS] or [CUT TWO WAYS], [EVERY WHICH WAY], [FROM […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

ways and means

[ways and means] {n. plural} Methods of getting something done or getting money; how something can be done and paid for. * /The boys were trying to think of ways […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

no two ways about it

[no two ways about it] {n. phr.} No other choice; no alternative. * /The boss said there were no two ways about it; we would all have to work late […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

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