"cash in one's chips" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: en-au-cash in one's chips.ogg [Australia] Forms: cashes in one's chips [present, singular, third-person], cashing in one's chips [participle, present], cashed in one's chips [participle, past], cashed in one's chips [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*|head=cash in one's chips}} cash in one's chips (third-person singular simple present cashes in one's chips, present participle cashing in one's chips, simple past and past participle cashed in one's chips)
  1. (idiomatic) To discontinue an activity, accepting whatever gains or losses one has incurred; to give up. Tags: idiomatic
    Sense id: en-cash_in_one's_chips-en-verb-iY7CJgV5 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English predicates, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 69 31 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 57 43 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 72 28 Disambiguation of English predicates: 46 54 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 72 28
  2. (idiomatic) To die. Tags: idiomatic Categories (topical): Death Synonyms: die Related terms: cut one's losses
    Sense id: en-cash_in_one's_chips-en-verb-jx6TKsZL Disambiguation of Death: 37 63 Categories (other): English predicates Disambiguation of English predicates: 46 54

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