Pyrrhic Victory
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Pyrrhic Victory

A successful endeavor that came with such high costs, that it was almost not worth the effort. For example, a company may succeed in a hostile takeover, but only after overcoming so many anti-takeover measures and spending so much money that it overpaid and may have nearly bankrupted itself.

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Pyrrhic Victory (redirected from Empty victory)

Pyrrhic Victory
(redirected from Empty victory)