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bet the house

bet the house verb: synonym of bet the farm.

Verb

bet the house (third-person singular simple present bets the house, present participle betting the house, simple past and past participle bet the house)

  1. (idiomatic) Synonym of bet the farm.
    • Such thinking runs counter to the conventional wisdom in the hedge-fund industry, which is that the only way to score big is to bet the house.2011 July 18, John Cassidy, “Mastering the Machine”, in The New Yorker, →ISSN
    Synonyms:
    bet the farm

Synonyms of bet the house

Forms of bet the house

third-person singular presentbets the house
present participlebetting the house
past participlebet the house
pastbet the house

Questions about bet the house

What does bet the house mean?
Bet the house means synonym of bet the farm.
What part of speech is bet the house?
Bet the house is a verb.
What is the past tense of bet the house?
The past tense of bet the house is bet the house.

Words near bet the house in the dictionary

  1. bet one's bottom dollar
  2. bet one's life
  3. bet out
  4. bet round
  5. bet the farm
  6. bet the house
  7. bet the jockey, not the horse
  8. bet the ranch
  9. bet up
  10. bet.
  11. beta

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