all in
noun1
Card games, Poker A hand where at least one player bets all of his or her chips.
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Card games, Poker A player who is all in.
- Since she was against an all in, Jill had no reason to bet.
all in
adj1
Dated Very tired.
- [Yawn] Well, I'm all in! Time to turn in! Good night all!
- By half past seven we were both pretty nearly all in, and wet from innumerable fordings of the river, so we stopped and boiled some hot water with the sugar left over from lunch.1927 November 10, Aldo Leopold, “Part 2, Country: The Gila, 1927”, in Round River: From the Journals of Aldo Leopold, New York: Oxford University Press, published 1953:
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- Either the celebrated lilt of her voice was born in, or she had used it so much and so long that it might as well have been. She looked all in, no doubt of that, but the lilt was there.1955, Rex Stout, “The Next Witness”, in Three Witnesses, Bantam edition, Viking Press, published Oct 1994, →ISBN, page 51:
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UK With everything included.
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Card games, Poker Having no further stake to wager, but remaining active in a hand.
- By betting his last $100, John was all in.
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Totally committed.
- John is now all in on getting this product to market by year end, come hell or high water.
- Related terms
- all out, all-out, give one's all, go all out, pot committed