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bought the rack

bought the rack is the simple past and past participle of buy the rack.

Meaning of buy the rack

Verb

buy the rack (third-person singular simple present buys the rack, present participle buying the rack, simple past and past participle bought the rack)

  1. To place bets on all possible combinations for the daily double.
    • If there are ten horses in each race, there are 100 possible selections, and the total cost of “buying the rack” would be $200.1949, Ernest Evred Blanche, You Can't Win: Facts and Fallacies about Gambling, page 66

Questions about bought the rack

What is bought the rack the simple past and past participle of?
Bought the rack is the simple past and past participle of buy the rack.

Words near bought the rack in the dictionary

  1. bought the big one
  2. bought the dip
  3. bought the dips
  4. bought the farm
  5. bought the rabbit
  6. bought the rack
  7. bought the rumor
  8. bought time
  9. bought to let
  10. bought up
  11. bought with one's ears

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