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bet dollars to doughnuts

bet dollars to doughnuts is the alternative form of bet a dollar to a doughnut.

Meaning of bet a dollar to a doughnut

Verb

bet a dollar to a doughnut (third-person singular simple present bets a dollar to a doughnut, present participle betting a dollar to a doughnut, simple past and past participle bet a dollar to a doughnut)

  1. (figuratively, humorous, mildly) To declare with confidence.
    • I bet a dollar to a doughnut that fellow Lopez sold us out.1911, Peter B. Kyne, chapter 19, in Captain Scraggs

Forms of bet dollars to doughnuts

third-person singular presentbets dollars to doughnuts
present participlebetting dollars to doughnuts
past participlebet dollars to doughnuts
pastbet dollars to doughnuts

Questions about bet dollars to doughnuts

What is bet dollars to doughnuts the alternative form of?
Bet dollars to doughnuts is the alternative form of bet a dollar to a doughnut.

Words near bet dollars to doughnuts in the dictionary

  1. bet a dollar to a donut
  2. bet a dollar to a doughnut
  3. Bet Bet
  4. bet din
  5. bet dollars to donuts
  6. bet dollars to doughnuts
  7. bet exchange
  8. bet exchanges
  9. bet on
  10. bet on the jockey, not the horse
  11. bet one's arse

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