Synonyms for go for broke
- determined
- dogged
- ferocious
- fierce
- harsh
- implacable
- inexorable
- rigorous
- ruthless
- single-minded
- uncompromising
- unforgiving
- unrelenting
- unstoppable
- unyielding
- adamant
- bound
- bound and determined
- dead set on
- grim
- hang in
- hang-tough
- hard
- inflexible
- inhuman
- mortal
- obdurate
- pitiless
- remorseless
- rigid
- stiff
- stop at nothing
- strict
- stringent
- unappeasable
- unbending
- undeviating
- unflinching
- vindictive
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Antonyms for go for broke
- compassionate
- easy
- flexible
- gentle
- irresolute
- kind
- lenient
- merciful
- mild
- nice
- nonviolent
- peaceful
- remorseful
- sympathetic
- tame
- tender
- yielding
- ending
- intermittent
- stopping
- understanding
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WORD ORIGIN
past tense and obsolete past participle of break (v.); extension to "insolvent" is first recorded 1716 (broken in this sense is attested from 1590s). Old English cognate broc meant, in addition to "that which breaks," "affliction, misery."
MORE RELATED WORDS FOR GO FOR BROKE
act
verbdo something- accomplish
- achieve
- begin
- carry on
- carry out
- consummate
- cook
- create
- develop
- do
- do a number
- do one's thing
- enforce
- execute
- function
- get in there
- go about
- go for broke
- go for it
- go in for
- go that route
- go to town
- intrude
- knock off
- labor
- make progress
- maneuver
- move
- officiate
- operate
- percolate
- perk
- perpetrate
- persevere
- persist
- practice
- preside
- pursue
- respond
- serve
- take effect
- take part
- take steps
- take up
- transort
- undertake
- work out
acted
verbdo something- accomplish
- achieve
- begin
- carry on
- carry out
- consummate
- cook
- create
- develop
- do
- do a number
- do one's thing
- enforce
- execute
- function
- get in there
- go about
- go for broke
- go for it
- go in for
- go that route
- go to town
- intrude
- knock off
- labor
- make progress
- maneuver
- move
- officiate
- operate
- percolate
- perk
- perpetrate
- persevere
- persist
- practice
- preside
- pursue
- respond
- serve
- take effect
- take part
- take steps
- take up
- transort
- undertake
- work out
burn one's bridges
verbeliminate possibility of return- burn one's boats
- go for broke
- kick down the ladder
- nail one's colors to the mast
burning bridges
verbeliminate possibility of return- burn one's boats
- go for broke
- kick down the ladder
- nail one's colors to the mast
commit
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