cut-throat

There's a famous motto in the cut-throat world of television that many presenters live by: "Don't quit a hit."

At 16 tracks, the record could have done with a touch of Burns' cut-throat approach to the Traitors.

"This is extremely unfortunate, given that the mobile operator should be focused on retaining customers in a cut-throat market," he'd told BBC News.

Lewis Hamilton has warned McLaren's title contenders Oscar Piastri and Lando Norris about Max Verstappen's "cut-throat" character as the three head into the final five races of the season.

If anyone knows about the cut-throat nature of football management then it is the Australian.