dead loss

dead loss {n. phr.}

A total waste; a complete loss.

Our investment in Jack's company turned out to be a dead loss.

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[at a loss] {adj. phr.} In a state of uncertainty; without any idea; puzzled. * /A good salesman is never at a loss for words./ * /When Don missed the […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

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[throw for a loss] {v. phr.} 1. To tackle a member of the opposing football team behind the place where his team had the ball at the beginning of the […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

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[loss] See: [AT A LOSS], [THROW FOR A LOSS]. A Dictionary of American Idioms

for a loss

[for a loss] See: [THROW FOR A LOSS]. A Dictionary of American Idioms

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