Meaning & use
Whipsawed
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Subjected to two opposing pressures or forces at the same time, as if caught between two blades of a whipsaw.
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The small business was whipsawed by rising costs and falling sales.
Investors were whipsawed by the market's sudden swings between gains and losses.
A note on using this word
Originally referred to being cut by a two-person whipsaw; now used figuratively in finance and business for conflicting pressures.
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