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cut one's losses
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Idioms and Phrases
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).Discover More
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Instead, the movie is a bust, and, as usual in these situations, it is easier to say how than why, and best to say as little as possible, cut one’s losses and move on.
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Another capitalist rule of thumb, after all, is that there comes a time to cut one's losses.
"One must sometimes cut one's losses."
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