lost cause
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lost cause (plural lost causes)
- (idiomatic) A person or thing that is hopeless or futile.
- He has already made up his mind, and it's a lost cause to try to change it.
- 2015 April 18, Paul Wilson, The Guardian[1]:
- Artfully pulling the ball back to leave McCleary chasing a lost cause, Sánchez calmly made space for a shot and applied a finish that beat the despairing dives of both Federici and Michael Hector, the latter vainly attempting to recover position when it was too late.
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person or thing that is hopeless or futile
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