See throw good money after bad on Wiktionary
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"text": "Coordinate term: cut one's losses"
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"To waste money in a fruitless attempt to recoup losses previously incurred."
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"(idiomatic) To waste money in a fruitless attempt to recoup losses previously incurred."
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"word": "bad money drives out good"
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{
"word": "chase pennies with dollars"
},
{
"word": "in for a penny, in for a pound"
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{
"word": "martingale"
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{
"word": "sunk costs fallacy"
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"sense": "To waste money",
"word": "heittää hyvää rahaa huonon perään"
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"code": "de",
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"sense": "To waste money",
"word": "gutes Geld dem schlechten nachwerfen"
},
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"sense": "To waste money",
"word": "kaste gode penger etter dårlige"
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"Escalation of commitment"
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"sense": "To waste money",
"word": "heittää hyvää rahaa huonon perään"
},
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"code": "de",
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"sense": "To waste money",
"word": "gutes Geld dem schlechten nachwerfen"
},
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"sense": "To waste money",
"word": "kaste gode penger etter dårlige"
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"word": "throw good money after bad"
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