go for broke

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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.

17 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Finnish: laittaa kaikki peliin — to wager everything
• German: alles aufs Spiel setzen — to wager everything
• Polish: stawiać wszystko na jedną kartę — to wager everything
• Polish: postawić wszystko na jedną kartę — to wager everything
• Serbo-Croatian: sve staviti na kocku — to wager everything
• Serbo-Croatian: igrati na sve ili ništa — to wager everything
• Finnish: yrittää kaikkensa — to try everything possible in a final attempt
• French: tenter le tout pour le tout — to try everything possible in a final attempt
• German: alles auf eine Karte setzen — to try everything possible in a final attempt
• Italian: tentare il tutto per tutto — to try everything possible in a final attempt
• Polish: stawiać wszystko na jedną kartę — to try everything possible in a final attempt
• Polish: postawić wszystko na jedną kartę — to try everything possible in a final attempt
• Polish: iść na całość — to try everything possible in a final attempt
• Polish: pójść na całość — to try everything possible in a final attempt
• Serbo-Croatian: sve uložiti na jednu kartu — to try everything possible in a final attempt
• Spanish: echar el resto — to try everything possible in a final attempt
• Swedish: satsa allt på ett kort — to try everything possible in a final attempt