Pyrrhic victory
noun/ˌpɪrɪk ˈvɪktəri/
/ˌpɪrɪk ˈvɪktəri/
- a victory that is not worth winning because the winner has suffered or lost so much in winning it
- Political commentators believed that it was a Pyrrhic victory, which had left him considerably weakened.
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