OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 21085

lost cause

Meanings (ES + gloss)
caso perdido • causa perdida
A person or thing that is hopeless or futile.
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…
He has already made up his mind, and it's a lost cause to try to change it.
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