English Explanatory Dictionary

va banque

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adv
  1. All or nothing, all in, for broke; riskily putting everything on the line to either win it all or lose it all.

Word forms

va banque

Etymology

From French (je) va (la) banque, a call used in the 18th century in games like Rouge et Noir and Faro to announce that one was betting as much money as the bank had, to either win or lose that amount.

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