1) Absorbed a loss 2) Absorbed the cost 3) Absorbed the costs 4) Absorbed the loss 5) Accepted a financial loss 6) Bit the bullet 7) Bit the dust 8) Bought the farm 9) Completely wiped out 10) Crashed ignominiously 11) Face-planted 12) Faceplanted 13) Failed in a big way 14) Failed spectacularly 15) Flopped financially