Idiom
cut bait
Meaning
To give up on something in order to pursue something else.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“This project is failing, so it is time to cut bait.”
“The investment was losing money every month, so we decided to cut bait and move our capital elsewhere.”
“Realizing that the current strategy would never yield the desired results, the board chose to cut bait and pivot toward a more sustainable long-term vision.”
Examples
simple
“This project is failing, so it is time to cut bait.”
contextual
“The investment was losing money every month, so we decided to cut bait and move our capital elsewhere.”
complex
“Realizing that the current strategy would never yield the desired results, the board chose to cut bait and pivot toward a more sustainable long-term vision.”
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