go for broke

动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To wager everything.
  2. 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 ...

词形变化

goes for broke present,singular,third-person going for broke participle,present went for broke past gone for broke participle,past

词汇关系

相关词
go all out go for it go for the burn here goes nothing

词源

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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