to bet
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1.5
- verb
- /bɛt/
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apostar
- He had big dreams and it was time to bet on himself.
- bet on a horse
- bet the company
I'm just going to, you know, bet on myself.
- I'm just going to, you know, bet on myself.
- Why is my friend betting on my downfall?
- Colin, how much you want to bet that this still works?
- Oh, my God, Julian, you can't bet on children's sports.
- As you can see, I got nothing and I'm betting it all now.
- Put options are when you're betting it's going to go down.
- So we'll hear today that he was betting more than that.
- And I wouldn't need long odds to bet against Mike Pence as well.
Examples
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The fall of the dollar led Chinese investors to stop betting against the RMB.
Academic text (2008) -
During the Cold War, several major governments bet on closed economies, while others opted for open economies.
Academic text (1999) -
But we we would have bet good money and we would have won.
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I would have bet money against that.
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Wow, you gonna bet the farm on it?
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And his organization had bet on the wrong horse in that one.
Fiction book (1991) -
I'm just going to, you know, bet on myself.
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I bet you 10 bucks he misses that shot.
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I'm willing to bet that's the one.
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I decided to bet on the home team to win the championship game.
Synonyms
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4.2
Risk money by betting to try to win more
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3.7
To risk money guessing which result will happen
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5.3
To risk money or something valuable on the result of an event
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4.4
To risk money on the result of a game or event
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7.6
To bet money on the result of a sports event
Antonyms
Idioms
Phrasal Verbs
Compounds
- Jargon
A bet that gives a weaker competitor a head start to make the contest more even
- Australian
A bet on the winners of four horse races often the last four races of the day
How Risky
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word bet originally meant to make a 'pledge' about what will happen, so to bet is to risk money or something valuable on that outcome.