cash (one's chips) in

cash (one's chips) in
cash (one's chips) in†
1. Lit. to turn in one's gaming tokens or poker chips when one quits playing. •

When you leave the game, you should cash your chips in.

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Cash in your chips before you go.

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I'm going to cash in.

2. Fig. to quit [anything], as if one were cashing in gaming tokens; to leave or go to bed. •

I guess I'll cash my chips in and go home.

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Well, it's time to cash in my chips and go home.

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I'm really tired. I'm going to cash in.

3. and cash one's checks in† Euph. to die; to finish the “game of life.” •

There's a funeral procession. Who cashed his chips in?

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Poor Fred cashed in his chips last week.


Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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