quit while one is ahead
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quit while one is ahead
verb quits while one is ahead · quitting while one is ahead · quit while one was ahead
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To stop taking risks before one starts losing.
Getting up on hot, rainy nights, trudging outside, and sitting on a steaming wet toilet seat, being tickled by the cockroaches that congregated just below the lid. Ten days at Gombe feels just right, thank you. I'm ready to quit while I'm ahead.
Similar: get out while the getting's good
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