"play it for all it's worth" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: plays it for all it's worth [present, singular, third-person], playing it for all it's worth [participle, present], played it for all it's worth [participle, past], played it for all it's worth [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} play it for all it's worth (third-person singular simple present plays it for all it's worth, present participle playing it for all it's worth, simple past and past participle played it for all it's worth)
  1. (idiomatic) to take full advantage of Tags: idiomatic
    Sense id: en-play_it_for_all_it's_worth-en-verb-cMZCtCvf
  2. (idiomatic) To go the maximum extent; to go all the way Tags: idiomatic
    Sense id: en-play_it_for_all_it's_worth-en-verb-1DfCWUxk Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms with placeholder "it", Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 15 85 Disambiguation of English terms with placeholder "it": 34 66 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 11 89 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 8 92

Inflected forms

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        "(idiomatic) to take full advantage of"
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