- cut your losses
- to get out of a bad situation before it gets worse instead of waiting to see whether it will improve
She realized it was time to cut her losses and give up.
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cut your losses — phrase to get out of a bad situation before it gets worse instead of waiting to see whether it will improve She realized it was time to cut her losses and give up. Thesaurus: to get out of a situationsynonym Main entry: cut * * * cut your losses… … Useful english dictionary
cut your losses — If you cut your losses, you avoid losing any more money than you already have by getting out of a situation before matters worsen … The small dictionary of idiomes
cut your losses — ► to avoid losing any more money than you have already lost: »The manufacturer has decided to cut its losses and sell its unprofitable divisions. Main Entry: ↑cut … Financial and business terms
cut your losses — 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 … New idioms dictionary
you cut your losses. — The project is heading for failure. Let s cut our losses before it s too late … English Idioms & idiomatic expressions
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 — {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 losses — 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 … New idioms dictionary
cut — cut1 W1S1 [kʌt] v past tense and past participle cut present participle cutting ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(reduce)¦ 2¦(divide something with a knife, scissors etc)¦ 3¦(make something shorter with a knife etc)¦ 4¦(remove parts from film etc)¦ 5¦(make a… … Dictionary of contemporary English
cut — 1 /kVt/ verb past tense and past participle cut present participle cutting 1 DIVIDE WITH KNIFE ETC (T) to divide something into two or more pieces using a sharp tool such as a knife: Do you want me to cut the cake? | The thieves had cut the phone … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
