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going the whole pile

going the whole pile is the present participle and gerund of go the whole pile.

Meaning of go the whole pile

Verb

go the whole pile (third-person singular simple present goes the whole pile, present participle going the whole pile, simple past went the whole pile, past participle gone the whole pile)

  1. (dated, slang) To stake all of one's money on a single outcome.
    • "I go the whole pile on the Jack," said Colonel Bull, drawing the chips from other cards upon which they had been distributed.1848, The Southern Literary Messenger, volume 14, page 446

Questions about going the whole pile

What is going the whole pile the present participle and gerund of?
Going the whole pile is the present participle and gerund of go the whole pile.

Words near going the whole pile in the dictionary

  1. going the way of all the earth
  2. going the way of the dinosaurs
  3. going the way of the dodo
  4. going the way of the dodo bird
  5. going the whole hog
  6. going the whole pile
  7. going their separate ways
  8. going there
  9. going through
  10. going through fire and water
  11. going through hell

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