释义 |
phraseIf you go for broke, you take the most extreme or risky of the possible courses of action in order to try and achieve success. [informal] It was a sharp disagreement about whether to go for broke or whether to compromise. See full dictionary entry for brokeExamples of 'to go for broke' in a sentenceto go for broke He must be ready to go for broke.But then just as you expect him to go for broke, to over-reach, to crash and burn, he pulls back.They agreed to go for broke in the heart-wrenching final act.He started to go for broke in the later stages and gave a half-decent account of himself.Spurred on by the thought that their years of independent travel might be drawing to a close, they decided to go for broke.If a babymoon is the holiday equivalent of the last-chance saloon, it makes sense to go for broke.The company soon ditched the idea of eight flats, flirted briefly with just three separate units, then decided to go for broke.Because they are so highly geared, shareholders and management would be perfectly rational to 'go for broke'. |