GO FOR BROKE

Meaning of GO FOR BROKE in English

v. phr. , slang To risk everything on one big effort; use all your energy and skill; try as hard as possible. The racing car driver decided to go for broke in the biggest race of the year.

Compare: ALL-OUT.

American idioms English vocabulary. Английский словарь американских идиом. 2012

GO FOR BROKE — phrasal to put forth all one's strength or resources
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
GO FOR BROKE — phrasal : to put forth all one's strength or resources would go for broke in organizing textile employees — Wall …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
GO FOR BROKE — : to put forth all one's strength or resources
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
GO FOR BROKE — to put forth all one's strength or resources
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
GO FOR BROKE — informal risk everything in an all-out effort. → broke
Concise Oxford English vocab
GO FOR BROKE — ( informal ) to risk everything in one determined effort to do sth
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
GO FOR BROKE — Synonyms and related words : be determined, be in earnest, be resolved, bell the cat, buckle down, buckle to, carry …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
GO FOR BROKE — {v. phr.}, {slang} To risk everything on one big effort; use all your energy and skill; try as hard as …
Slang English vocab
GO FOR BROKE — {v. phr.}, {slang} To risk everything on one big effort; use all your energy and skill; try as hard as …
Словарь английских идиом
GO FOR BROKE — risk everything on one big effort, try as hard as possible After going for broke at the meeting last night …
English Idioms vocab
GO FOR BROKE — try your hardest, go all-out On my last jump I'll go for broke. I'll beat my best mark.
English Idioms vocabulary
GO FOR BROKE — амер.; сленг лезть из кожи вон, прилагать огромные усилия The enemy is going all out - he is going for …
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
GO FOR BROKE — амер. ; сл. лезть из кожи вон, прилагать огромные усилия The enemy is going all out - he is going …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
GO FOR BROKE — амер.; сл. лезть из кожи вон, прилагать огромные усилия The enemy is going all out - he is going for broke. …
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
GO FOR BROKE — рисковать всем, идти ва-банк: - Aha, I see our boys have nothing to loose so they're gonna go for broke.- …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь сленга, жаргона, русских имен
GO FOR BROKE — expr infml He decided to go for broke — Он решил все поставить на карту We must really go for broke in …
Новый Англо-Русский словарь современной разговорной лексики - Глазунов
GO FOR BROKE — expr infml He decided to go for broke — Он решил все поставить на карту We must really go for …
Новый Англо-Русский словарь современной разговорной лексики
GO FOR BROKE — broke, go for expr infml He decided to go for broke Он решил все поставить на карту We must really …
Англо-Русский новый словарь современного неформального английского языка
GO FOR BROKE — He decided to go for broke — Он решил все поставить на карту We must really go for broke in …
Новый Англо-Русский словарь современного неформального английского
GO FOR BROKE — рисковать всем, идти ва-банк: - Aha, I see our boys have nothing to loose so they're gonna go for broke.- …
English Russian slang dictionary
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
GO — I. (|)gō, when followed without pause by a stressed syllable sometimes _gə or +V _gəw verb ( went (|)went ; …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
FOR — I. fə(r), (|)fȯ(ə)r, (|)fȯ(ə), in R speech in the southern US also (|)fär preposition Etymology: Middle English, from Old English; …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
BROKE — I. ˈbrōk noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English broc break in the skin, from Old English broc trouble, fragment, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
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Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
BROKE — /brohk/ , v. 1. a pt. of break . 2. Nonstandard. a pp. of break . 3. Archaic. a pp. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
GO — I. ˈgō verb ( went ˈwent ; gone ˈgȯn also ˈgän ; go·ing ˈgō-iŋ, ˈgȯ(-)iŋ; “gȯing to” in sense 13 …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
GO — noun a glass of spirits. 2. go ·noun act; working; operation. 3. go ·p.p. gone. 4. go ·noun noisy merriment; …
Webster English vocab
BROKE — imp. & ·p.p. of break. 2. broke ·- of break. 3. broke ·impf of break. 4. broke ·vi to transact …
Webster English vocab
GO — [go] vb went ; gone ; go.ing ; goes [ME gon, fr. OE gan; akin to OHG gan to go, …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
BROKE — [broke] past of break [2]broke adj [ME, alter. of broken] (1710): penniless
Merriam-Webster English vocab
BROKE — Broke BrE AmE brʊk
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
BROKE — broke BrE AmE brəʊk AmE \ broʊk
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
GO — / gəʊ; NAmE goʊ/ verb , noun ■ verb ( goes / gəʊz; NAmE goʊz/ went / went; NAmE / …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
BROKE — / brəʊk; NAmE broʊk/ adjective [ not before noun ] ( informal ) having no money : I'm always broke …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
FOR — I. for 1 S1 W1 /fə; strong fɔː $ fər strong fɔːr/ BrE AmE preposition [ Language: Old English ] …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
BROKE — I. broke 1 /brəʊk $ broʊk/ BrE AmE the past tense of ↑ break II. broke 2 BrE AmE adjective …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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Английский основной разговорный словарь
BROKE — past of BREAK(1). --predic.adj. colloq. having no money; financially ruined. øgo for broke sl. risk everything in a strenuous effort. …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
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Concise Oxford English Dictionary
BROKE — past of BREAK(1). predic.adj. colloq. having no money; financially ruined. go for broke sl. risk everything in a strenuous effort. …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
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Oxford English vocab
BROKE — past of BREAK(1). --predic.adj. colloq. having no money; financially ruined. Phrases and idioms: go for broke sl. risk everything in …
Oxford English vocab
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Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
FOR — Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. Note: In addition to the uses shown …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
BROKE — 1. Broke is the past tense of break . 2. If you are broke , you have no money. ( …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
BROKE — 1. Broke is the past tense of break . 2. If you are ~, you have no money. (INFORMAL) What …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
BROKE
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
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Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
BROKE — Synonyms and related words : bankrupt, beat, beggared, broken, busted, dead, destitute, down-and-out, failed, flat, flat broke, hard up, impoverished, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
BROKE — the perfection of ugliness. Example: Ed: Oh Lord, that girl is busted! Ted: No bro, she's broke.
Slang English vocab
BROKE — adj. Function: adjective Synonyms: POOR 1, beggared, destitute, dirt poor, flat, indigent, needy, stone-broke, stony, strapped
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
BROKE — adjective Synonyms: poor 1, beggared, destitute, dirt poor, flat, indigent, needy, stone-broke, stony, strapped
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocabulary
GO — n. 25B6; verb he's gone into town : MOVE, proceed, make one's way, advance, progress, pass; walk, travel, journey; poetic/literary …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
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Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
BROKE — adj. penniless, indigent, down-and-out, poverty-stricken, penurious, impoverished, insolvent, destitute, poor, needy, bankrupt, ruined, Colloq on one's beam-ends, on one's uppers, …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
BROKE — See: GO BROKE, GO FOR BROKE, STONE-BROKE OT DEAD BROKE or FLAT BROKE, STRAW THAT BROKE THE CAMEL'S BACK.
Словарь английских идиом
BROKE — have no money I spent all of my money on my holiday and I am now broke.
English Idioms vocab
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Большой Англо-Русский словарь
FOR — (полная форма); (редуцированная форма) 1. союз 1) ибо; ввиду того, что (вводит придаточное причины) This is no party question, for …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
BROKE — 1. прил. безденежный, бедный, без гроша to go broke ≈ обанкротиться, разориться Syn : pennyless, insolvent 2. прош. вр. от …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
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