break the bank
break the bank verb: at a casino etc., to win all the money that is available to be paid.
Verb
break the bank (third-person singular simple present breaks the bank, present participle breaking the bank, simple past broke the bank, past participle broken the bank)
- At a casino etc., to win all the money that is available to be paid.
- Or, similarly, consider the man determined to break the bank at Monte Carlo by studying the frequencies with which a certain roulette wheel lands in the red2001, Richard Swinburne, Epistemic Justification
- To exhaust one's financial resources.
- Home Security Doesn't Have to Break the Bank2001, Tom Davidson, Lorna Gentry, The Complete Idiot's Guide to Home Security
break the bank meaning in Bengali
break the bank in Bengali
- ক্যাসিনো ইত্যাদিতে
Forms of break the bank
| third-person singular present | breaks the bank |
|---|---|
| present participle | breaking the bank |
| past | broke the bank |
| past participle | broken the bank |
Questions about break the bank
- What does break the bank mean?
- Break the bank means at a casino etc., to win all the money that is available to be paid.
- What is break the bank in Bengali?
- Break the bank in Bengali is ক্যাসিনো ইত্যাদিতে. See Break the bank meaning in Bengali.
- What part of speech is break the bank?
- Break the bank is a verb.
- What is the past tense of break the bank?
- The past tense of break the bank is broke the bank.
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