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I'd lay a bet on something — I’d lay money/odds/a bet/on something british phrase used for saying that you are very confident that something will happen I’d lay money on New Zealand to win the race. lay money/odds (that): I’ll lay odds she doesn’t come. Thesaurus: ways of… … Useful english dictionary
bet — [[t]be̱t[/t]] ♦♦♦ bets, betting (The form bet is used in the present tense and is the past tense and past participle.) 1) VERB If you bet on the result of a horse race, football game, or other event, you give someone a sum of money which they… … English dictionary
bet — bet1 /bet/, v., bet or betted, betting, n. v.t. 1. to wager with (something or someone). v.i. 2. to make a wager: Do you want to bet? 3. you bet! Informal. of course! surely!: You bet I d like to be there! n … Universalium
bet dollars to donuts — verb To suggest that something is very likely to be true or that one has a strong hunch about something. Related to the earlier bet dollars to buttons and bet dollars to dumplings that appeared in the 1880s, meaning almost certain because the… … Wiktionary
bet*/ — [bet] (past tense past participle bet) verb [I/T] I to risk an amount of money by saying what you think will happen in a race or game Thousands of people bet on the result of the match.[/ex] I bet £10 on each of the horses.[/ex] He bet me £20… … Dictionary for writing and speaking English
bet — bet1 [bet] n. [prob. aphetic < ABET] 1. an agreement between two persons that the one proved wrong about the outcome of something will do or pay what is stipulated; wager 2. a) the proposition or terms of such an agreement b) the thing or sum… … English World dictionary
bet — n Bet, wager, stake, pot, ante denote in common something of value, usually money, risked in the confidence or hope that something is true or will turn out in a certain way, something else of value being risked by at least one other party in… … New Dictionary of Synonyms
BET HILLEL AND BET SHAMMAI — BET HILLEL AND BET SHAMMAI, two schools of exposition of the Oral Law, named after hillel and shammai who lived at the end of the first century B.C.E. and the beginning of the first century C.E. These two schools existed from the time of these… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
bet — Ⅰ. bet ► VERB (betting; past and past part. bet or betted) 1) risk money or property against another s on the basis of the outcome of an unpredictable event such as a race or game. 2) informal feel sure. ► NOUN 1) an act of bett … English terms dictionary
Bet On It — Chanson par Zac Efron extrait de l’album High School Musical 2 HSM 2.jpg Sortie 24 septembre 2007 (É. U.) Durée 3:19 Genre … Wikipédia en Français
bet the farm — bet the farm/ranch US INFORMAL ► to risk a lot of money on something that may happen in the future: »I hope we attract lots of customers because we ve bet the ranch on this place. Main Entry: ↑bet … Financial and business terms
