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go a raker

go a raker verb: to bet a large amount of money on a certain racehorse.

Verb

go a raker (third-person singular simple present goes a raker, present participle going a raker, simple past went a raker, past participle gone a raker)

  1. (UK, archaic, slang) To bet a large amount of money on a certain racehorse.
    • Then he went a raker on the favourite for the St. Leger, but the brute was not even shopped.1891, 3 April, Lie. Vict. Gaz.
    • Finally, rendered desperate by failure after failure, I went a raker for a horse that I had heard on unquestionable authority was a real 'good thing' for the Cambridgeshire. He came in last but one in the race, […]1902, Finch Mason, Annals of the Horse-Shoe Club, page 195

Forms of go a raker

third-person singular presentgoes a raker
present participlegoing a raker
pastwent a raker
past participlegone a raker

Questions about go a raker

What does go a raker mean?
Go a raker means to bet a large amount of money on a certain racehorse.
What part of speech is go a raker?
Go a raker is a verb.
What is the past tense of go a raker?
The past tense of go a raker is went a raker.

Words near go a raker in the dictionary

  1. go
  2. go a bundle on
  3. go a cropper
  4. go a long way
  5. go a mucker
  6. go a raker
  7. go a-begging
  8. go about
  9. go about one's business
  10. go about one's day
  11. go about to

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