go for broke
To wager everythingTo wager everything.
» Let's take a chance and go for broke.
Давайте рискнём и пойдём ва-банк. — odexed
Скористаймося шансом і ходімо ва-банк. — Ahha
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2 sensesTo wager everything.
alles aufs Spiel setzen
risk everything in one big effort
(idiomatic)To try everything possible or do every last thing possible in a final attempt.
alles auf eine Karte setzen
Examples
10 sentencesLet's take a chance and go for broke.
Скористаймося шансом і ходімо ва-банк. — Ahha
ruДавайте рискнём и пойдём ва-банк. — odexed
The car went and broke down.
Maybe it's true, if companies get woke, go broke.
No parent should have to worry about going broke because their child is sick.
Tom is going for broke.
Translations
5 languagesBy meaning 2
Origin
From Hawaiian Pidgin craps slang, meaning “to wager everything on one roll”: one would beFrom Hawaiian Pidgin craps slang, meaning “to wager everything on one roll”: one would be broke, i.e. bankrupt, if one lost.
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Forms
goes for broke, going for broke, went for broke, gone for broke| Base form | go for broke · to go for broke |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | goes for broke |
| Present participle | going for broke |
| Past simple | went for broke |
| Past participle | gone for broke |
irregular · Lesson
Lessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, irregular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.