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betting one's life

betting one's life is the present participle and gerund 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 betting one's life

What is betting one's life the present participle and gerund of?
Betting one's life is the present participle and gerund of bet one's life.

Words near betting one's life in the dictionary

  1. betting
  2. betting one's arse
  3. betting one's ass
  4. betting one's boots
  5. betting one's bottom dollar
  6. betting one's life
  7. betting out
  8. betting parlor
  9. betting parlors
  10. betting ring
  11. betting rings

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