Win one for the Gipper In english explanation

The meaning, explanation, definition and origin of the idiom/phrase "Win one for the Gipper", English Idiom Dictionary ( also found in Vietnamese )

author Helen Nguyen calendar 2021-02-18 07:02

Meaning of Win one for the Gipper

Win one for the Gipper American spoken language verb phrase

To try to achieve something or succeed in honour of somebody

Our goal is to achieve the world chess champion. Let's win one for the Gipper in honour of the nation!

This is the last project Emma is involved in before she retires, so let's win one for the Gipper!

She won one for the Gipper so her school has become famous recently.

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Children or adults often say this phrase to get their friends to join in something, especially to jump into a swimming pool (pond, lake, etc.)

give it some welly

Act with more effort or enthusiasm

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Anyone who has talent should not be prevented from showing it or expressing it.
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To motivate someone to do something better, more quickly or more passionately

Be There or Be Square

Used to encourage someone to accept an invitation to somewhere.

Grammar and Usage of Win one for the Gipper

Verb Forms

  • winning one for the Gipper
  • wins one for the Gipper
  • won one for the Gipper

The verb "win" should be conjugated according to its tense.

Origin of Win one for the Gipper

When Gipp was dying, he asked Rockne to promise that, when things were going badly for the team, he should inspire them by asking them to 'win one for The Gipper'. (Source: in the picture)

This phrase derives from American football. Knute Rockne was the coach of Notre Dame team in the 1920s and George Gipp was his star player. The story goes that Gipp fell ill and when dying he asked Rockne to promise that, when things were going badly for the team, he should inspire them by asking them to 'win one for The Gipper'.

Ronald Reagan played the part of Gipp in the 1940 film Knute Rockne: All American. The screenplay has the line:

And the last thing he said to me, "Rock," he said, "sometime when the team is up against it and the breaks are beating the boys, tell them to go out there with all they've got and win just one for the Gipper" 

 

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