When you leave the game, you should cash your chips in.
•Cash in your chips before you go.
•I'm going to cash in.
2. Fig. to quit [anything], as if one were cashing in gaming tokens; to leave or go to bed. •I guess I'll cash my chips in and go home.
•Well, it's time to cash in my chips and go home.
•I'm really tired. I'm going to cash in.
3. and cash one's checks in† Euph. to die; to finish the “game of life.” •There's a funeral procession. Who cashed his chips in?
•Poor Fred cashed in his chips last week.