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bets one's life

bets one's life is the third-person singular simple present indicative of bet one's life.

Meaning of bet one's life

Verb

bet one's life (third-person singular simple present bets one's life, present participle betting one's life, simple past and past participle bet one's life)

  1. Synonym of bet one's boots.
    • But whenever one of the motor-trucks lumbering by bore a big U.S. on its rear panel Troy pushed his light ambulance ahead and skimmed past, just for the joy of seeing the fresh young heads rising pyramid-wise about the sides of the lorry, hearing the snatches of familiar songs—"Hail, hail, the...1918, Edith Wharton, chapter IX, in The Marne, New York, N.Y.: D[aniel] Appleton and Company, →OCLC, pages 87–88
    Synonyms:
    bet one's boots

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Questions about bets one's life

What is bets one's life the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Bets one's life is the third-person singular simple present indicative of bet one's life.

Words near bets one's life in the dictionary

  1. bets
  2. bets one's arse
  3. bets one's ass
  4. bets one's boots
  5. bets one's bottom dollar
  6. bets one's life
  7. bets out
  8. bets round
  9. bets the farm
  10. bets the house
  11. bets the ranch

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