cut one's losses

cut one's 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.

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{v. phr.} To stop spending time, money, or energy on unprofitable projects and concentrate on what goes well. * /"Just cut your losses, Jim," his father suggested, "and get on with the rest of your life."/

Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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  • cut one's losses — {v. phr.} To stop spending time, money, or energy on unprofitable projects and concentrate on what goes well. * / Just cut your losses, Jim, his father suggested, and get on with the rest of your life. / …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • cut one's losses — phrasal : to withdraw (as from an enterprise) and accept current losses in order to prevent further loss * * * cut one s losses To have done with an unprofitable venture • • • Main Entry: ↑cut * * * abandon an enterprise or course of action that… …   Useful english dictionary

  • cut one’s losses — tv. 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 …   Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions

  • Cut one's losses — abandon a project in which one has already invested some part of one s capital, either material or emotional, for no return, so as not to incur more losses …   Dictionary of Australian slang

  • cut one's losses — Australian Slang abandon a project in which one has already invested some part of one s capital, either material or emotional, for no return, so as not to incur more losses …   English dialects glossary

  • cut\ one's\ losses — v. phr. To stop spending time, money, or energy on unprofitable projects and concentrate on what goes well. Just cut your losses, Jim, his father suggested, and get on with the rest of your life …   Словарь американских идиом

  • cut one's losses — verb To discontinue an effort that seems unlikely ever to bear fruit …   Wiktionary

  • cut one's losses —    If you end or withdraw from something that is already failing, in order to reduce the loss of money, time or effort invested in it …   English Idioms & idiomatic expressions

  • cut one's losses — to end or withdraw from a bad situation which can only get worse (loss cutting) …   Idioms and examples

  • cut one’s losses (to) —  Concede defeat.  See also bailout …   American business jargon

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