have had one's chips

Verb CEFR C2

Definitions

To be dead or finished.

Examples

“He must have ⟳ had his chips, she thought, and our children will be born fatherless.”

CEFR level

C2

Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.

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See also

have had one's day have in have in mind have intestinal worms have it have it all

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