Definition
To discontinue an activity, accepting whatever gains or losses one has incurred; to give up.
To die.
In Context
- ""Looks like these grandees'll have to cash in their chips and quit, but it's a darned shame.""
- "Yesterday the polo-playing executive cashed in his chips at Harrah's to take a post with even higher stakes, agreeing to become president and chief executive of Resorts International Inc."
- ""I am not going to stand by and watch this company bleed to death. If we can't make money, I will cash in my chips.""
- "A tough old hombre, unregenerate to the last, cashed in his chips in Oklahoma City the other day."
- "So what are trained readers of spy novels supposed to believe when Michael cashes in his chips and two strangers arrive to remove his body from the premises?"
- "Two years and one month ago I broke my neck in a car accident. I made it through but just barely. I came real close to cashing in my chips."
See Also
- cut one's losses