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broken the bank

broken the bank is the past participle of break the bank.

Meaning of break the bank

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)

  1. (intransitive) 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
  2. (idiomatic, intransitive) 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

Questions about broken the bank

What is broken the bank the past participle of?
Broken the bank is the past participle of break the bank.

Words near broken the bank in the dictionary

  1. broken squelch
  2. broken stride
  3. broken tail
  4. broken telephone
  5. broken the back of
  6. broken the bank
  7. broken the cycle
  8. broken the deadlock
  9. broken the fourth wall
  10. broken the ice
  11. broken the internet

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