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Go for broke

verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    To wager everything.
  2. 2
    risk everything in one big effort wordnet
  3. 3
    To try everything possible or do every last thing possible in a final attempt. idiomatic

    "These shoeless gladiators "shoot the works" or as they themselves term it "go for broke" in each game. They battle for every inch ..."

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! (1951), which is named for the 442nd Infantry Regiment’s unit motto.

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