going for broke

ADJECTIVE

risky

Synonyms

STRONGEST

delicate dicey hazardous perilous precarious sensitive speculative treacherous tricky uncertain unhealthy unsafe unsound

WEAK

chancy endangered fraught with danger hairy hanging by a thread iffy insecure jeopardous long shot not a prayer off the deep end on slippery ground on thin ice on-the-spot out on a limb playing with fire rocky ticklish touch-and-go touchy venturesome wicked wide-open

Antonyms

STRONGEST

certain definite harmless healthy honest insensitive protected safe secure stable strong sure well

WEAK

assured

Example Sentences

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Is there something in Coppola that always needs to be going for broke?

From Seattle Times • May 18, 2024

Bairstow's six-hitting has banked him millions of Rupees on these shores but he fell lifting the ball into the hands of long-off, neither going for broke nor playing safe.

From BBC • Oct. 5, 2023

LeBron James and Anthony Davis played the second game on back-to-back nights like it was the first game of the season, big minutes on aching joints, going for broke.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 6, 2023

As for voice calls, Sony is going for broke.

From The Verge • May 12, 2022

“He went back and unloaded that ball. He was going for broke on every play.”

From New York Times • Apr. 21, 2022

going for broke

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