Sentence examples for bet from inspiring English sources

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bet

verb

To stake or pledge upon the outcome of an event; to wager.

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Don't bet against it.

Though Caine is a previous winner, Law is already thought to be a surefire bet for his performance as a wastrel American shipping heir in The Talented Mr Ripley.

The way I figure it, the one terrorist in England with a sense of humor, a man known as Khalid the Droll, had said to the cell, 'I bet I can get them all to take off their shoes in airports.' So this prankster set up poor impressionable Reid and won his bet.

Levin seems to be saying that this means there's a conflict of interest between the casino and the bettor, and that it's illegitimate for the casino to take the bet.

It seems a good bet that if you want to help the world's poor you should get them on more power now and to a very large extent that's going to be fossil fuels.

His interviewer duly bet him €50 at that price.

'Wouldn't you like to be back there.' You bet I would (no offence, Streatham).

Developing job opportunities for those who might otherwise decide migration was their best bet, despite the possible dangers.

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