chips down

"Sure, but are they going to get chips down to a nanometre? Probably not."

“The fact they have hesitated for so long to put their chips down on the table suggests they’re fully aware of the potential economic and political implications of taking a major step in this direction.”

“But with the chips down, that all faded away.”

MSCI’s broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan dropped 0.63%, heading back towards 2021 lows set last month, with Chinese blue chips down 0.21%, Australia falling 0.54% and Hong Kong off 0.45%.

I’m willing to go to the casino, put my chips down and let it be.