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I'll be bail

I'll be bail phrase: an expression indicating certainty; I'll bet; I'll guarantee.

Phrase

I'll be bail

  1. (Ireland) An expression indicating certainty; I'll bet; I'll guarantee.
    • "If they wor all their lives goin' to chapel they cudn't have behaved thimsilves betther nor they did." "Ay, Paddy, mavourneen; I'll be bail they didn't skit and laugh the way some people would be doin'." "Laugh! not thimsilves, indeed."1850, Thomas Keightley, The Fairy Mythology, London: H.G. Bohn, page 515
    Synonyms:
    I'll be bound

Synonyms of I'll be bail

Questions about I'll be bail

What does I'll be bail mean?
I'll be bail means an expression indicating certainty; I'll bet; I'll guarantee.
What part of speech is I'll be bail?
I'll be bail is a phrase.

Words near I'll be bail in the dictionary

  1. I'll
  2. I'll be
  3. I'll be a monkey's uncle
  4. I'll be a son of a bitch
  5. I'll be a son of a gun
  6. I'll be bail
  7. I'll be blowed
  8. I'll be bound
  9. I'll be damned
  10. I'll be danged
  11. I'll be darned

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