cashed in
Traded for money
Cashed in is the past tense of cash in, which means to exchange something for money or to collect what is owed to you.
If you cash in your chips at a casino, you trade them for currency.
By extension, to cash in on something is to take advantage of a situation for profit: Tech companies cashed in on the remote work boom.
The phrase also serves as a euphemism for dying—when someone cashes in their chips, they've met their end.
- reapedHarvested or gathered
- capitalizedMade the first letter big
- made a killingEarned exceptional profit
- exploitedUnfairly utilized for benefit
- struck goldFound great fortune
encashment · redeemed · leveraged · liquidated · monetized · retired · called it quits · converted · sold · achieved · concluded · exchanged · profited · realized · hit the jackpot · benefited · finalized · ended
cashed inbought in
Acquired stake or belief
invested · reinvested · doubled down · held onto · retained
cashed inpassed up
Rejected an opportunity
missed out · let slip · squandered · wasted · ignored
cashed insurvived
Remained alive through hardship
pulled through · lived · hung on · made it · kept going
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