Meaning of va banque | Babel Free

Definitions

All or nothing, all in, for broke; riskily putting everything on the line to either win it all or lose it all.

not-comparable

Examples

“Sämisch was critical of this move, saying Black was now playing va banque. However, as was often the case in games between these players, Richter looks for ways to complicate things for Sämisch by adding to his clock problems.”

“Now he went va banque, risking the failure of the negotiations. Eden proposed to sign only a mutual military assistance agreement for twenty years and not to mention political questions or questions connected to borders at all.”

CEFR level