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cut losses
cut one's losses
to do something to stop a loss of something. I knew I had to do something to cut my losses, but it was almost too late. Sell some of the high-priced stuff to cut your losses.
cut your losses
to stop wasting time or money on something by ending your connection to it When a project is failing, you've got to learn to cut your losses and move on.
cut your losses
to stop doing something that is already failing in order to reduce the amount of time or money that is being wasted on it I wasn't benefiting from the course and it was costing so much that I thought I'd better cut my losses.
cut (one's) losses
To withdraw from a losing situation.
Common Names:
Name | Gender | Pronounced | Usage |
Amati | | [ə'ma:ti] | |
Tanisha | | tə-NEE-shə | African American |
Gaye (1) | | GAY | English |
Aleksander | | ahl-ek-SAHN-der (Polish) | Polish, Slovene, Albanian, Estonian, Norwegian, Danish |
JordÃO | | - | Portuguese |
Anders | | AHN-desh (Swedish), AHN-ders (Swedish, Danish) | Swedish, Norwegian, Danish |