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Whipsaw
Meaning
Noun
●
In Saws:
A
rip saw
often
operated
by two people.
Verb
●
To
operate
a whipsaw.
●
In Finance:
To cause (a
trader
) to
lose
potential
profit
by
buying
shares
just before the price
falls
, or by
selling
them just before the price rises.
●
To
defeat
someone
in two
different ways at once.
●
Of a
trade union
: to
coerce
employers
into
capitulating
by
bringing
them the
news
that other (more
easily
convinced
)
employers
have already done so.
●
In US politics:
To
accept
bribes
from
multiple
parties
at once
, with the
intent
of
letting down
one or more of them.
Adj
●
Having the
characteristic
of
arguing
two
sides
at once.
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