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
MÓZes	-	Hungarian
Holland	['hɔlənd]
Pauline	po-LEEN (French), paw-LEEN (English), pow-LEE-nə (German)	French, English, German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish
Tsvetan	-	Bulgarian
Primitivo	-	Spanish
Trecia	-	English (Rare)