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buy the rack

buy the rack verb: to place bets on all possible combinations for the daily double.

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

Forms of buy the rack

third-person singular presentbuys the rack
present participlebuying the rack
past participlebought the rack
pastbought the rack

Origin of buy the rack

In reference to the racks on which gambling tickets were once offered for sale.

Questions about buy the rack

What does buy the rack mean?
Buy the rack means to place bets on all possible combinations for the daily double.
What part of speech is buy the rack?
Buy the rack is a verb.
What is the past tense of buy the rack?
The past tense of buy the rack is bought the rack.

Words near buy the rack in the dictionary

  1. buy the big one
  2. buy the dip
  3. buy the dips
  4. buy the farm
  5. buy the rabbit
  6. buy the rack
  7. buy the rights
  8. buy the rumor
  9. buy the rumor, sell the fact
  10. buy the rumor, sell the news
  11. buy the same horse twice

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