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betting the house

betting the house is the present participle and gerund 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 betting the house

What is betting the house the present participle and gerund of?
Betting the house is the present participle and gerund of bet the house.

Words near betting the house in the dictionary

  1. betting shop
  2. betting shops
  3. betting terminal
  4. betting terminals
  5. betting the farm
  6. betting the house
  7. betting the ranch
  8. betting up
  9. Bettinger
  10. Bettingers
  11. bettings

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