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put one's money where one's mouth is

put one's money where one's mouth is verb: to make or take a bet.

Verb

put one's money where one's mouth is (third-person singular simple present puts one's money where one's mouth is, present participle putting one's money where one's mouth is, simple past and past participle put one's money where one's mouth was)

  1. To make or take a bet.
  2. (idiomatic) To take an obvious stake in the truth of a claim that one is making.
    • "The scientists are right to be extremely cautious about interpreting these findings," said Jim Al-Khalili, a physicist from the University of Surrey, who suggested that a simple error in the measurement is probably the source of all the fuss..."So let me put my money where my mouth is: if the Cern...2011 September 23, Jason Palmer, “Light speed: Flying into fantasy”, in BBC News
    • "We've put money towards it and it's up to government to put the money where its mouth is."2020 January 2, Graeme Pickering, “Fuelling the changes on Teesside rails”, in Rail, page 61

Forms of put one's money where one's mouth is

third-person singular presentputs one's money where one's mouth is
present participleputting one's money where one's mouth is
past participleput one's money where one's mouth was
pastput one's money where one's mouth was

Questions about put one's money where one's mouth is

What does put one's money where one's mouth is mean?
Put one's money where one's mouth is means to make or take a bet.
What part of speech is put one's money where one's mouth is?
Put one's money where one's mouth is is a verb.
What is the past tense of put one's money where one's mouth is?
The past tense of put one's money where one's mouth is is put one's money where one's mouth was.

Words near put one's money where one's mouth is in the dictionary

  1. put one's heart on one's sleeve
  2. put one's house in order
  3. put one's household in order
  4. put one's legs under someone's mahogany
  5. put one's mind to it
  6. put one's money where one's mouth is
  7. put one's money where one's mouth was
  8. put one's name in the hat
  9. put one's neck out
  10. put one's oar in
  11. put one's own oxygen mask on first

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