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Definition of Go for broke
1. Verb. Risk everything in one big effort. "The cyclist went for broke at the end of the race"
Definition of Go for broke
1. Verb. To wager everything. ¹
2. Verb. (idiomatic) To try everything possible or do last thing possible in a final attempt. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Go For Broke
Literary usage of Go for broke
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. 54 by Wu Ming (2005)
"So he had decided to go for broke. He looked in the rear-view mirror to check
that the other car was ..."
2. Personal Finance by Robert S. Rosefsky (2001)
"anticipation when one might say, with a burst of wild enthusiasm, "Let's go for
broke and buy that boat we've always wanted ..."
3. A Very Public Offering: A Rebel's Story of Business Excess, Success, and by Stephan Paternot (2002)
"Let's call it a media play and just go for broke on that. Besides, Todd and I
wouldn't even know how to manage a software licensing business. ..."
4. Alliance Adrift by Yoichi Funabashi (1999)
"Hashimoto remarked, "I guess there's no other way but to go for broke."22 During
the meeting, Albright's tone was full of meaning. She listened to Hashimoto ..."
5. What Will They Franchise Next?: The Story of Jim's Group by Jim Penman (2003)
"I decided to go for broke and charge what seemed the incredible rate of $3 an hour.
At that stage I hadn't done any advertising except for my first sign in ..."
6. Guide to U.S. Army Museums by R. Cody Phillips (1997)
"They represented two of the most decorated combat units of the war—earning the
unofficial motto, "go for broke." Successive exhibits focus on American ..."
7. Aerial Interdiction: Air Power and the Land Battle in Three American Wars by Mark (1995)
"... response: "I cannot emphasize too strongly," he wrote to Secretary of State
Henry M. Kissinger, "that I have determined that we should go for broke. ..."
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