单词 | go in and win |
释义 | > as lemmasgo in and win b. To take part in or enter a game, sporting contest, bet, etc. Also imperative in go in and win, expressing encouragement. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > dissent > competition or rivalry > compete or rival [verb (intransitive)] > enter a contest to strike in1632 enter1702 to go in1822 society > leisure > sport > match or competition > take part in match or competition [verb (intransitive)] > engage in match or competition to play a prize1565 to go in1822 1822 Sporting Mag. Oct. 52/2 Towards the conclusion of the battle [sc. a prize fight] he wished him to go in and win it. 1836 C. Dickens Pickwick Papers (1837) ii. 23 This advice was very like that which by-standers..give to the smallest boy in a street fight; namely, ‘Go in, and win’. 1882 Poker: how to play it 49 After the cards have been dealt..each player..determines whether he will go in or not. And the player who decides to go in, that is, to play for the pool, must put into the pool double the amount of the ante, except [etc.]. 1889 F. C. Philips & C. J. Wills Fatal Phryne II. iii. 78 Sit down well in your saddle, and go in and win. 1915 H. Hall Pepper ix. 226 We all go in, and bet ten dollars on the first race. 1937 Boys' Life Apr. 10/3 We're a disgusting little bunch of yellow-bellies that haven't the stuff to go in and win. 2007 D. Strader in E. Mirlis Being There 251 Rutherford..went in to play goal, and Hewitt scored again! < as lemmas |
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