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cash in en · VERB

Pronunciation

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Meanings

1. To exchange for cash.
   • The gamblers cashed in their remaining chips at the end of the night.
   • Some nights, I stay up cashing in my bad luck Some nights, I call it a draw 2012, Jeff Bhasker, Nate Ruess, Andrew Dost, Jack Antonoff, “Some Nights”, in Some Nights), performed by fun.:
2. (intransitive) To settle one's debts, accounts, or bills, especially relating to gambling.
   • He's just mad because I haven't cashed in yet.
3. (figuratively, followed by on, often) To profit from something; to take advantage of an opportunity in order to profit, especially financially; to capitalize on.
   • 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[…] 1970, Richard R. Lingeman, Don't You Know There's a War On? […] , Putnam, →ISBN, page 16:
   • Lots of people tried to cash in on that market, but few succeeded.
   • 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. 2021 November 24, Phil McNulty, “Manchester City 2 - 1 Paris Saint Germain”, in BBC Sport, archived from the original on 22 Apr 2022:
4. (slang) To die.
   • 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. 1974, Charles Bukowski, “Purple as an Iris”, in Erections, ejaculations, exhibitions and general tales of ordinary madness, page 414:
   • 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."[… 1907, Robert Service, “The Cremation of Sam McGee”, in The Spell of The Yukon and Other Verses:

Forms

Deriveds

cash in one's chips

Relateds

cash in hand

Synonyms

pass on · shuffle off this mortal coil · pay the debt of nature · darken · hand in one's checks · expire · forfare · pass the river · be with the Lord · be like the the One · be no more · assume room temperature · pass in one's checks · snuff it · liquidate · pass over · slip away · go the way of the dodo · keel over · knock off · kick off · exit · cash in · go the way of the dodo bird · give up the ghost · flatline · conk out · go the way of the dinosaurs · disincarnate · pop one's clogs · fall off the twig · lose the number of one's mess · cark it · go over to the majority · cross the Great Divide · perish · yield up the ghost · peg out · draw one's last breath · be gathered to one's fathers · go for a burton · drop off the hooks · bite the big one · close one's eyes for the last time · croak · pass away · take a dirt nap · decease · pop off · hand in one's dinner pail · join the choir invisible · push up daisies · be with Jesus · go to one's reward · hop the twig · buy it · check out · kick the bucket · cross over · pay nature's debt · cross the Styx · cash in one's chips · sleep with one's fathers · pass · sink · depart · go west · go to glory · code · bite the biscuit · decompose · auger in · go out · give one's all · meet one's doom · meet one's end · dematerialize · turn up one's toes · meet one's maker · buy the farm · be called home · succumb · go the way of all flesh · pass in one's marble · bite the dust

Translations (10)

es canjear (to profit from) · fi rahastaa (to profit from) · fr tirer parti (to profit from) · fr tirer profit (to profit from) · se ávkkáiduvvat (to profit from) · fr profiter (to profit from) · fi nauttia (to profit from) · id memanfaatkan (to profit from) · es cobrar (to profit from) · se niktet (to profit from)