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Anonymous Posted 10 years ago
Vocabulary

Chucking all his chips in

"Arsene Wenger isn't holding back. The footballing equivalent of chucking all his chips in. Olivier Giroud is brought on. As is Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain. Off go Alex Iwobi and Theo Walcott." (BBC Sport website.)

What does "chucking all his chips in" mean in the above?
  

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Was it in a context where Wenger seemed to be taking a big risk in the hope that it would pay off? g. g.

— GPY

  • Was it in a context where Wenger seemed to be taking a big risk in the hope that it would pay off?
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  • the spin of a roulette wheel).
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Was it in a context where Wenger seemed to be taking a big risk in the hope that it would pay off? It seems to be a reference to gambling (e.g. roulette, poker, etc.), where "chips" are tokens representing money, and "chucking all one's chips in" would mean staking all one's money on a particular outcome (e.g. the spin of a roulette wheel).
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Thank you, GPY, for the reply.
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