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go for broke

To wager everything.

Etymology:

  • From Hawaiian Pidgin craps slang, meaning “to wager everything on one roll”: one would be broke, i.e. bankrupt, if one lost.
  • Popularized by the movie Go for Broke!, which is named for the 442nd Infantry Regiment’s unit motto.
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Submitted on September 01, 2009

Additional definitions for 'go for broke':

go for brokeTo try everything possible or do last thing possible in a final attempt.
Go for BrokeTo strive hard or risk everything to achieve a big goal, toil hard to get something
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