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bet on

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Verb1.bet on - place a bet on; "Which horse are you backing?"; "I'm betting on the new horse"
gage, game, stake, punt, back
ante - place one's stake
parlay, double up - stake winnings from one bet on a subsequent wager
wager, bet, play - stake on the outcome of an issue; "I bet $100 on that new horse"; "She played all her money on the dark horse"


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Lydgate was playing well, and felt confident; the bets were dropping round him, and with a swift glancing thought of the probable gain which might double the sum he was saving from his horse, he began to bet on his own play, and won again and again.
Middlemarch by Eliot, George View in context
Or, you'll lose your bet on the cotton crop, by keeping him out of the field, just at this very press.
Uncle Tom's Cabin by Stowe, Harriet Beecher View in context
I've a sort of bet on that I'll pass her off as a duchess in six months.
Pygmalion by Shaw, George Bernard View in context
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