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broke
/brəʊk/ adj [after verb] informalDefinition
› FINANCE, ACCOUNTING without money: go broke Some of the merchants say they are unable to cut their expenses and are on the verge of going broke.
flat broke › FINANCE, ACCOUNTING used to emphasize that someone or something has no money at all: A spokesman said that the credit crunch had left the company "flat broke".
go for broke › to risk everything in the hope of having great success
(Definition of broke adj from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary
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