cash in
See also: cash-in
English
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Verb
cash in (third-person singular simple present cashes in, present participle cashing in, simple past and past participle cashed in)
- To exchange for cash.
- The gamblers cashed in their remaining chips at the end of the night.
- (figuratively) To profit from something; to take advantage of an opportunity in order to profit, especially financially.
- Lots of people tried to cash in on that market, but few succeeded.
- 1970, Richard R. Lingeman, Don't You Know There's a War On? […] , Putnam, →ISBN, page 16:
- Showman Monte Proser tried to cash in on the boom on a mass basis with his Dance Carnival in Madison Square Garden, where dancers lindy hopped, shagged and fox-trotted to the orchestras of Benny Goodman, Larry Clinton and Charlie Barnett […]
- 2021 November 24, Phil McNulty, “Manchester City 2 - 1 Paris Saint Germain”, in BBC Sport:
- For all PSG's attacking riches, it was Manchester City who carried the more concerted threat - with the only concern initially that they could not cash in on their domination.
- (slang) To die.
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:die
- 1907, Robert Service, “The Cremation of Sam McGee”, in The Spell of The Yukon and Other Verses:
- He turned to me, and "Cap," says he, "I'll cash in this trip, I guess; / And if I do, I'm asking that you won't refuse my last request." […]
- 1974, Charles Bukowski, “Purple as an Iris”, in Erections, ejaculations, exhibitions and general tales of ordinary madness, page 414:
- Well, it all ended up, I lost my privileges for two weeks. But someday before I cash in, I hope to make it in the straw.
Derived terms
- cash in one's chips
Translations
to profit from
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to die — see die
See also
- cash in hand
Further reading
- Jonathon Green (2023), “cash in v.”, in Green's Dictionary of Slang
Anagrams
- Chains, Chians, Chinas, Cishan, chains, chasin', chinas