Definition of broke
- past tense of break
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Examples of broke in a Sentence
She is broke and homeless.
Can I borrow 10 dollars? I'm broke until payday.
Recent Examples of broke from the Web
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Due to the debts accrued by Fyre Fest, McFarland was reportedly too broke to afford a defense attorney.
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According to the plea agreement, Bohnenkamp knew his companies were broke but continued to take money from more than a dozen customers.
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The problem is increasingly urgent for Alberta as more oil companies go broke.
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And the One Cruise to Look Forward to Celebrity Cruises has always tried to push the envelope, and with its first new class of ships in a decade, the innovative brand is really going for broke.
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Phish fans have more money than the broke, unwashed, travelin’ light hippies they’re often made out to be.
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Going into debt to file paperwork to report how broke he was nearly sent Morel over the edge.
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Here are some tips for hosting a fabulous cookout this Fourth of July without going broke, courtesy of Sarah Spigelman Richter, a food reporter based in Manhattan. 1.
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The news everyone and their mother has been waiting for broke last weekend: Netflix's 13 Reasons Why is getting a second season.
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Origin and Etymology of broke
Middle English, alteration of broken
broke Synonyms
Synonyms
beggared, beggarly, poor, destitute, dirt-poor, down-and-out, famished, hard up, impecunious, impoverished, indigent, necessitous, needful, needy, pauperized, penniless, penurious, poverty-stricken, skint [chiefly British], threadbareAntonyms
affluent, deep-pocketed, fat, fat-cat, flush, moneyed (also monied), opulent, rich, silk-stocking, wealthy, well-heeled, well-off, well-to-doRelated Words
deprived, disadvantaged, dispossessed, unaffluent, underprivileged; bankrupt, bankrupted, bust (or busted), insolvent; possessionless, ruined; depressed, distressed, hand-to-mouth, hardscrabble, pinched, poorish, reduced, straitened; cash-strapped, low, short, tapped outNear Antonyms
comfortable, prosperousOther Economics Terms
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Definition of broke for English Language Learners
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: not having any money
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