cut your losses

US /kʌt yʊər ˈlɔsɪz/
UK /kʌt yʊər ˈlɔsɪz/
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止損, 減少損失

to stop doing something that is clearly going to be unsuccessful before you lose any more money, time, or effort

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After investing so much, it was hard to cut our losses, but the business was failing.
投入了這麼多之後,很難止損,但生意還是失敗了。
It's time to cut your losses and move on to a new project.
是時候止損並轉向新項目了。