cut one's losses

Withdraw from a losing situation, as in They decided to close down the unprofitable branch and cut their losses. This expression uses cut in the sense of "reduce" (also see cut down, def. 2).

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Ricarda	ree-KAHR-dah (Spanish)	Spanish, German
Hann	-	Medieval English
Zdenko	-	Slovak, Slovene, Croatian
Ananias	an-ə-NIE-əs (English)	Biblical, Biblical Latin
Petronel	-	English (Archaic)
SÁMuel	-	Hungarian