all the marbles
Americanidiom
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the most or highest degree of what can be won, gained, etc.; everything that is to be had.
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(as for all the marbles
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(as go for all the marbles) to contend for everything in an all-or-nothing situation.
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“Now it’s a one-game series and it’s for all the marbles, and where better to have a Game 7 than the Garden?”
From Seattle Times ● May 18, 2024
The Crimson Tide of Alabama and the Ohio State Buckeyes meet for all the marbles in the “College Football Playoff National Championship” in Miami.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 8, 2021
“But if I were to open up a jar and throw all the marbles, you’d have a hard time catching them all.”
From Salon ● Oct. 12, 2019
With defense-minded Virginia waiting in the national championship game Monday, many online observers are already predicting that a Texas Tech win in this contest will result in an alarmingly low-scoring affair for all the marbles.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 6, 2019
Dubs, an abbreviation of "doubles," means that you get all the marbles knocked out with one shot.
From Healthful Sports for Boys by Alfred Rochefort
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