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{
"etymology_text": "From Hawaiian Pidgin craps slang, meaning “to wager everything on one roll”: one would be broke, i.e. bankrupt, if one lost.\nPopularized by the movie Go for Broke! (1951), which is named for the 442nd Infantry Regiment’s unit motto.",
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"To wager everything."
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"_dis1": "80 20",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to wager everything",
"word": "laittaa kaikki peliin"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 20",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to wager everything",
"word": "alles aufs Spiel setzen"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 20",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to wager everything",
"tags": [
"idiomatic"
],
"word": "sve staviti na kocku"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 20",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to wager everything",
"tags": [
"idiomatic"
],
"word": "igrati na sve ili ništa"
}
]
},
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"ref": "1931 September 19, \"Loui\", “Want a Lot of Action? See Barefoot Games”, in Honolulu Star-Bulletin, Honolulu, HI, page 11",
"text": "These shoeless gladiators \"shoot the works\" or as they themselves term it \"go for broke\" in each game. They battle for every inch ...",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "1975, “Convoy”, in C.W. McCall, Chip Davis (lyrics), Black Bear Road, performed by C. W. McCall",
"roman": "In a chartreuse microbus.",
"text": "Well, we shot the line and we went for broke\nWith a thousand screamin' trucks\nAn' eleven long-haired Friends a' Jesus",
"type": "quotation"
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{
"ref": "2024 January 10, Howard Johnston, “Launched for enthusiasts - now it's for everyone”, in RAIL, number 1000, page 29",
"text": "Going for broke, the BRB said that Edinburgh-Aberdeen and Hull-Doncaster-Leeds should be considered [for electrification], along with Plymouth-Penzance and Crewe-Holyhead, all to be in place by 2001. Norman Fowler's reply was short and to the point: Sorry, no.",
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"To try everything possible or do every last thing possible in a final attempt."
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"(idiomatic) To try everything possible or do every last thing possible in a final attempt."
],
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"_dis1": "42 58",
"word": "go all out"
},
{
"_dis1": "42 58",
"word": "go for it"
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{
"_dis1": "42 58",
"word": "go for the burn"
},
{
"_dis1": "42 58",
"word": "here goes nothing"
}
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"_dis1": "39 61",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to try everything possible in a final attempt",
"word": "yrittää kaikkensa"
},
{
"_dis1": "39 61",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to try everything possible in a final attempt",
"word": "tenter le tout pour le tout"
},
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"_dis1": "39 61",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to try everything possible in a final attempt",
"word": "alles auf eine Karte setzen"
},
{
"_dis1": "39 61",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to try everything possible in a final attempt",
"word": "tentare il tutto per tutto"
},
{
"_dis1": "39 61",
"code": "pl",
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"sense": "to try everything possible in a final attempt",
"tags": [
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"word": "stawiać wszystko na jedną kartę"
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"_dis1": "39 61",
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"sense": "to try everything possible in a final attempt",
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"sense": "to try everything possible in a final attempt",
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"word": "sve uložiti na jednu kartu"
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"_dis1": "39 61",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to try everything possible in a final attempt",
"word": "echar el resto"
},
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"_dis1": "39 61",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to try everything possible in a final attempt",
"word": "satsa allt på ett kort"
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"etymology_text": "From Hawaiian Pidgin craps slang, meaning “to wager everything on one roll”: one would be broke, i.e. bankrupt, if one lost.\nPopularized by the movie Go for Broke! (1951), which is named for the 442nd Infantry Regiment’s unit motto.",
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"ref": "1931 September 19, \"Loui\", “Want a Lot of Action? See Barefoot Games”, in Honolulu Star-Bulletin, Honolulu, HI, page 11",
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"type": "quotation"
},
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"ref": "1975, “Convoy”, in C.W. McCall, Chip Davis (lyrics), Black Bear Road, performed by C. W. McCall",
"roman": "In a chartreuse microbus.",
"text": "Well, we shot the line and we went for broke\nWith a thousand screamin' trucks\nAn' eleven long-haired Friends a' Jesus",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2024 January 10, Howard Johnston, “Launched for enthusiasts - now it's for everyone”, in RAIL, number 1000, page 29",
"text": "Going for broke, the BRB said that Edinburgh-Aberdeen and Hull-Doncaster-Leeds should be considered [for electrification], along with Plymouth-Penzance and Crewe-Holyhead, all to be in place by 2001. Norman Fowler's reply was short and to the point: Sorry, no.",
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"(idiomatic) To try everything possible or do every last thing possible in a final attempt."
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"translations": [
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to wager everything",
"word": "laittaa kaikki peliin"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to wager everything",
"word": "alles aufs Spiel setzen"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to wager everything",
"tags": [
"idiomatic"
],
"word": "sve staviti na kocku"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to wager everything",
"tags": [
"idiomatic"
],
"word": "igrati na sve ili ništa"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to try everything possible in a final attempt",
"word": "yrittää kaikkensa"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to try everything possible in a final attempt",
"word": "tenter le tout pour le tout"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to try everything possible in a final attempt",
"word": "alles auf eine Karte setzen"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to try everything possible in a final attempt",
"word": "tentare il tutto per tutto"
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"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to try everything possible in a final attempt",
"tags": [
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"word": "stawiać wszystko na jedną kartę"
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{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to try everything possible in a final attempt",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "postawić wszystko na jedną kartę"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to try everything possible in a final attempt",
"tags": [
"idiomatic"
],
"word": "sve uložiti na jednu kartu"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to try everything possible in a final attempt",
"word": "echar el resto"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to try everything possible in a final attempt",
"word": "satsa allt på ett kort"
}
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"word": "go for broke"
}
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