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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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We are not quixotic idealists who are looking for pyrrhic victories to prove a point.
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Mr McKeever said: "We are not quixotic idealists who are looking for pyrrhic victories to prove a point.
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Had there been something in the game for the Welsh, of course, you would have piled on the Swiss but Wales specialise in Pyrrhic victories and three points today would be just that.
Ireland may be held; Football: Euro 2000 by Davies, Steve / The Racing Post (London, England)
 
 
 
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