back the wrong horse

Verb

To support something or someone unsuccessful.

Japanese Meaning

成功しないと見込まれる人物や事柄を支援する / 失敗するだろう対象を応援する

What is this buttons?

Before the results are in, I don't want to back the wrong horse and waste our resources.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

結果が出る前に、勝ち目のない候補やプロジェクトを支持して資金や時間を無駄にしたくない。

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Sense（1）

To support something or someone unsuccessful.

This might mean that I waste vast amounts of time searching for a species only to find that it no longer counted when the new regime is in place. All that effort spent backing the wrong horse.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

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backs the wrong horse

（ present singular third-person ）

backing the wrong horse

（ participle present ）

backed the wrong horse

（ participle past ）

backed the wrong horse

（ past ）

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