"cortar por lo sano" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [Spanish]

IPA: /koɾˌtaɾ poɾ lo ˈsano/, [koɾˌt̪aɾ poɾ lo ˈsa.no] Forms: corto por lo sano [first-person, present, singular], corté por lo sano [first-person, preterite, singular], cortado por lo sano [participle, past]
Head templates: {{es-verb}} cortar por lo sano (first-person singular present corto por lo sano, first-person singular preterite corté por lo sano, past participle cortado por lo sano)
  1. (idiomatic) to cut the Gordian knot Tags: idiomatic
    Sense id: en-cortar_por_lo_sano-es-verb-LnTOVWHs
  2. (idiomatic) to make a clean break, to cut one's losses Tags: idiomatic
    Sense id: en-cortar_por_lo_sano-es-verb-SqfjhY7l Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Spanish entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 21 75 4 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 35 62 3 Disambiguation of Spanish entries with incorrect language header: 33 63 4
  3. (idiomatic) to cut to the chase Tags: idiomatic
    Sense id: en-cortar_por_lo_sano-es-verb-pOtlpL75
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          "english": "The job took me a long time so I had to cut my losses and tell them that I wasn't going to take those kinds of jobs anymore, unless they paid me better.",
          "ref": "2010, Adela Robles-Sáez, 3,000 locuciones verbales y combinaciones frecuentes, Georgetown University Press, →ISBN, page 71:",
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      "ipa": "/koɾˌtaɾ poɾ lo ˈsano/"
    },
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      "ipa": "[koɾˌt̪aɾ poɾ lo ˈsa.no]"
    }
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          "text": "El trabajo me salió muy largo así que tuve que cortar por lo sano y decirles que ya no iba a aceptar más ese tipo de trabajos, a menos que me pagaran mejor.",
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