"causa persa" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [Italian]

Forms: cause perse [plural]
Etymology: Literally, “lost cause”. Etymology templates: {{m-g|lost cause}} “lost cause”, {{lit|lost cause}} Literally, “lost cause” Head templates: {{it-noun|f}} causa persa f (plural cause perse)
  1. (idiomatic) lost cause Tags: feminine, idiomatic
    Sense id: en-causa_persa-it-noun-iIByXGyf Categories (other): Italian entries with incorrect language header

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          "ref": "2020, Barack Obama, chapter 12, in Chicca Galli, Paolo Lucca, Giuseppe Maugeri, transl., Una terra promessa [A Promised Land], Garzanti Libri",
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