broke
(Informal)
[adjective]
Synonyms: penniless, bankrupt, bust (informal), down and out, impoverished, insolvent, in the red, ruined, short, skint (Brit. slang)

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I. broke¹ /brəʊk $ broʊk/
the past tense of break

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II. broke² adjective [not before noun]
[Date: 1700-1800; Origin: An old past participle of break]

1. having no money:
I’m fed up with being broke all the time.
flat/stony broke (=completely broke)

2. go broke if a company or business goes broke, it can no longer operate because it has no money:
A lot of small businesses went broke in the recession.

3. go for broke informal to take big risks when you try to achieve something:
At 2–0 down with ten minutes left, you have to go for broke.

4. if it ain't broke, don't fix it informal used to say that you should not try to improve a system, situation etc that is satisfactory

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broke
adj.
VERBS be | go (= go bankrupt) The company went broke last year.
ADV. completely, flat (informal), stony (informal) I'm stony broke at the moment.
nearly

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broke
brəuk
See: go broke , go for broke , stone-broke ot dead broke or flat broke , straw that broke the camel's back

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