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go broke

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Definition of go broke

informal
: to spend or lose all of one's money
  • He went broke after he lost his job.
  • The company could go broke if the economy doesn't improve soon.

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go play

  1. : to move on a course : proceed — compare stop

  2. : to move out of or away from a place expressed or implied : leave, depart

  3. : to take a certain course or follow a certain procedure

  1. : the act or manner of going

  2. : the height of fashion : rage

  3. : an often unexpected turn of affairs : occurrence

  1. : functioning properly : being in good and ready condition

  1. : a game played between two players who alternately place black and white stones on a board checkered by 19 vertical lines and 19 horizontal lines in an attempt to enclose the larger area on the board

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broke play

  1. : past tense of break

  1. : penniless

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