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bets the house

bets the house is the third-person singular simple present indicative of bet the house.

Meaning of bet the house

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

Questions about bets the house

What is bets the house the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Bets the house is the third-person singular simple present indicative of bet the house.

Words near bets the house in the dictionary

  1. bets one's bottom dollar
  2. bets one's life
  3. bets out
  4. bets round
  5. bets the farm
  6. bets the house
  7. bets the ranch
  8. bets up
  9. Betsch
  10. Betsey
  11. Betsey bug

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