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went the whole pile

went the whole pile is the simple past 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 went the whole pile

What is went the whole pile the simple past of?
Went the whole pile is the simple past of go the whole pile.

Words near went the whole pile in the dictionary

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

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