"cut one's losses" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [英语]

Forms: cuts one's losses, cutting one's losses, cut one's losses
  1. 及时止损
    Sense id: zh-cut_one's_losses-en-verb-RyP2ugiR
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (other): 英語動詞, 英語詞元, 英語謂語

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          "ref": "2007, Catherine Weber, A Woman's Guide to Overcoming Depression, Baker Books, →ISBN,頁號 47:",
          "text": "But our culture has reinforced the belief that a good marriage just happens, and if it doesn't, you should simply cut your losses and move on to the next partner. After all, that's what we see in the movies."
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          "ref": "2011, Ann C. Logue, Day Trading For Dummies, John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN,頁號 43:",
          "text": "I mentioned already in this chapter that you need to cut your losses before they drag you down. No matter how much it hurts and no matter how much you believe that you are right, you need to close out a losing position and move on."
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          "ref": "2017, Meera Lester, Rituals for Life: Find Meaning in Your Everyday Moments, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN,頁號 174:",
          "text": "Sometimes when things are not going as you expected, it's better to cut your losses and move on than to hang on and deal with the stress, financial drain, emotional drag, and loss of time."
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