cut your losses

US /kʌt yʊər ˈlɔsɪz/
UK /kʌt yʊər ˈlɔsɪz/
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止损, 减少损失

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.
投入了这么多之后,很难止损,但生意还是失败了。
It's time to cut your losses and move on to a new project.
是时候止损并转向新项目了。