cut one's losses
cut one's losses · cuts one's losses · cut one's losses · cutting one's losses
зафиксировать убытки, фиксировать убытки
einen harten Schnitt machen, die Verluste begrenzen
To discontinue something to put a stop to continued losses after facing that it is…To discontinue something to put a stop to continued losses after facing that it is unlikely it will ever bear fruit.
Meaning
1 sensesTo discontinue something to put a stop to continued losses after facing that it is unlikely it will ever bear fruit.
die Verluste begrenzen, einen harten Schnitt machen
фикси́ровать убы́ткиfiksírovatʹ ubýtki, зафикси́ровать убы́ткиzafiksírovatʹ ubýtki
Translations
5 languagesРусский
By meaning 1
discontinue an effort that seems unlikely to ever bear fruit:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
discontinue an effort that seems unlikely to ever bear fruit:
Forms
cuts one's losses, cutting one's losses, cut one's losses, cut one's losses| Base form | cut one's losses · to cut one's losses |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | cuts one's losses |
| Present participle | cutting one's losses |
| Past simple | cut one's losses |
| Past participle | cut one's losses |
irregular · Lesson
Word family
1 related wordsRelatedsunk cost
Lessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, irregular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle