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Noun: beggar-my-neighbour strategy
Usage: Brit, Cdn (US: beggar-my-neighbor strategy)
  1. A policy of promoting oneself at the expense of others; used especially of national policy
    "the United States has pursued a beggar-my-neighbour strategy";
    - beggar-my-neighbor policy [US], beggar-my-neighbour policy [Brit, Cdn], beggar-my-neighbor strategy [US]

Derived forms: beggar-my-neighbour strategies

Type of: policy