Word Study
go for broke
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Verb go for broke has 1 sense
- go for broke(v = verb.social) Array - risk everything in one big effort; "the cyclist went for broke at the end of the race" is one way to adventure, chance, gamble, hazard, risk, run a risk, take a chance, take chances
Sample sentence:
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THESAURUS
go for broke
be determined, be in earnest, be resolved, bell the cat, buckle down, buckle to, carry through, court danger, cross the Rubicon, defy danger, die fighting, die hard, do to perfection, do up brown, exhaust every move, flirt with death, follow out, follow through, follow up, go all lengths, go all out, go the limit, go whole hog, leave nothing hanging, mean business, never say die, overlook nothing, play Russian roulette, play with fire, see it through, see out, shoot the works, strain every nerve, take the plunge, tempt Providence
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