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    Definition of cash in in English Dictionary

  • Verb
    1. (idiomatic) To profit from; to use an opportunity to maximum advantage, especially financially.
      1. Lots of people tried to cash in on that market, but few succeeded.
    2. (idiomatic) To die.
      1. He turned to me, and "Cap," says he, "I'll cash in this trip, I guess; / And if I do, I'm asking that you won't refuse my last request." ¶ Well, he seemed so low that I couldn't say no; then he says with a sort of moan: / "It's the cursed cold, and it's got right hold till I'm chilled clean through to the bone. / Yet 'tain't being dead — it's my awful dread of the icy grave that pains; / So I want you to swear that, foul or fair, you'll cremate my last remains."
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    1. Used in the Middle of Sentence
      • Lots of people tried to cash in on that market, but few succeeded.
  • Part-of-Speech Hierarchy
    1. Phrases
      • Phrasal verbs
        • Phrasal verbs with particle (in)
      • Verbs
        • Phrasal verbs
          • Phrasal verbs with particle (in)
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      3. en cash instruments
      4. en cash in one's chips
      Source: Wiktionary

      Meaning of cash in for the defined word.

      Grammatically, this idiom "cash in" is a phrase, more specifically, a phrasal verb. It's also a verb, more specifically, a phrasal verb.
      Definiteness: Level 1
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