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put one's money where one's mouth was

put one's money where one's mouth was is the simple past and past participle of put one's money where one's mouth is.

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

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

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Put one's money where one's mouth was is the simple past and past participle of put one's money where one's mouth is.

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

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

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