BEGGAR-MY-NEIGHBOUR POLICY as NOUN

  1. Meaning
    • a policy of promoting oneself at the expense of others
    • used especially of national policy
    Synonym(s) Usage Example(s)
    • the United States has pursued a beggar-my-neighbor policy
    Hypernyms(s) beggar-my-neighbour policy is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower