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— E.E. Cummings

It is said that if the dead who died in the Great

War were placed head to feet, they would stretch

from New York to San Francisco, and from San

Francisco back again to New York; and if those

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Dictionary Entry

go for broke

Part of SpeechverbPronunciation/goʊ fɔr broʊk/

To wager everything.

In a Sentence

“After months of saving, she decided to go for broke and invest all her money in the new startup.”

Origin

Early 20th‑century American gambling slang meaning to risk all one's money on a single bet.

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Synonyms

risk everythingbet it allstake everything

Antonyms

play it safehold backconserve

Related Words

go all outplay it for all it's worthgo the whole hoggo whole hoggive one's allblow one's wadleave it all out therego for it

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