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puts one's money where one's mouth is

puts one's money where one's mouth is is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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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Puts one's money where one's mouth is is the third-person singular simple present indicative of put one's money where one's mouth is.

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

  1. puts one's head in the sand
  2. puts one's heart in
  3. puts one's heart into
  4. puts one's house in order
  5. puts one's mind to it
  6. puts one's money where one's mouth is
  7. puts one's name in the hat
  8. puts one's oar in
  9. puts one's own oxygen mask on first
  10. puts one's oxygen mask on first
  11. puts one's pants on one leg at a time

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