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cut one's losses
An intransitive verb phrase is a phrase that combines a verb with a preposition or other particle and does not require a direct object (e.g., Everybody please stand up.).
1. (finance)
a. reducir las pérdidas
A cost analysis can help you decide how to cut your losses.Un análisis de los costos puede ayudarle a decidir cómo reducir las pérdidas.
2. (idiom) (to abandon an unsuccessful activity)
An idiom is a phrase with a meaning different from the literal meaning of the separate words that make it up (e.g., break a leg).
a. cortar por lo sano
After one year studying computer science, I realized that I didn't like it at all and decided to cut my losses.Tras un año estudiando informática, me di cuenta de que no me gustaba nada y decidí cortar por lo sano.
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