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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

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Not everything works, but in an era of AI slop, and meme songs designed for Tiktok clip-ability, it's reassuring to hear Raye unapologetically going for broke.

From BBC • Mar. 26, 2026

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

It might not be so fun for Cindric once the green flag flies at Las Vegas because Allmendinger is going for broke.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 21, 2021

Amid a stacked cast of A-listers going for broke — trashing one another verbally, sometimes trashing rooms literally — she’s been an island of wary reserve, her eyes suggesting painful depths.

From New York Times • Feb. 13, 2020

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