cash in one's chips

== English == === Pronunciation === === Verb === cash in one's chips (third-person singular simple present cashes in one's chips, present participle cashing in one's chips, simple past and past participle cashed in one's chips) (idiomatic) To discontinue an activity, accepting whatever gains or losses one has incurred; to give up. (idiomatic) To die. 2007 Feb. 7, Cowboy Dan Lewis, "Two Birds, But No Stone," Julian News (California, USA), p. 6 (retrieved 14 June 2011): Two years and one month ago I broke my neck in a car accident. I made it through but just barely. I came real close to cashing in my chips. ==== Synonyms ==== See Thesaurus:die === See also === cut one's losses === References === “cash in one's chips”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.