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Go for broke
Liam decided to go for broke and put his life savings in buying the house
Lexy decided to go for broke and go into acting full time
Harry is going for broke and placed the rest of his money on a football game
Definition: Risk losing everything
Etymology: Japanese american men were denied the right to fight for their country. Eventually due to manpower shortage 14,000 Japanese americans decided to serve despite the fact their families were still imprisoned. Sustained highest combat casualty rate, battle of gothic line, mountain region, German defensive line had a cliff to their back. THe Japanese climbed at night the 300m rock wall. some fell silently, not one cried out to avoid giving away position. took hill and took gothic line, won battle in 32 minutes. Most decorated unit of ww2, Used as the motto for the 442 U.S Regiment, which was made up of Japanese Americans. They had to fight, and if they didn't they would be sent back to internment camps which were still in operation in January 1945. It soon became their motto
whitewash
Some Northern Americans say Southern Americans whitewash their history by playing down slavery and calling the American Civil War the War of Northern Aggression.
One should never whitewash their mistakes
The billionaire tried to whitewash his scandalous affair, but the public still knew.
Definition: to make something look better than reality, or to cover up something bad
Etymology: whitening walls, woodwork, etc.
Take a leaf out of someone's book
Perhaps other country's can take a leaf out of Japan's book in preserving cultural heritage, since their trick is to make traditional culture Cool and Hip
It is good for the young radio host to take a lead out of the more experienced radio hosts book
I should take a leaf out of Greg's book and do sit ups every night to get abs.
Definition: to copy something that someone else does because it will bring you advantages. It is posetive
Etymology: The word leaf here refers to a page from a book. Therefore, when you take a leaf from someone's book, you are copying what the individual has written.
