take no prisoners

take no prisoners
 Management exhortation to be highly competitive.
 ► “Ken Dooley, president of the Holland Sweetener Co., noted that today’s beverage business is evolving from an era of take no prisoners, CUT-THROAT COMPETITION into one in which open-minded firms share the wealth in partnerships.” (Beverage World, Aug. 1995, p. 64)

American business jargon. 2014.

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