Collocations for "bet"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "bet" in context.
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bet
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.n
- Yeah, that's your best bet!
- your best bet would be to [check, go, try]
- What do you think would be my best bet?
- That [store, town, road] is your best bet.
- is your best bet [to find, if you're looking for]
- would be your best bet if you're [planning to, thinking of]
- What's my best bet if I want to [get there quickly, lose weight, cut costs]?
- don't (really) know what your best bet [is, would be]
- is the best bet for [success, victory]
- place a bet on [a horse, red]
- Everybody, place your bets.
- Are all bets placed?
- place a bet [online, offsite]
- No more bets, please.
- That is [a large, an enormous] bet.
- a [$10,000] bet
- a bet of [$10,000]
- an [evens, odds-on] bet
- is an outside bet
- [an each-way, a trifecta, a winning] bet
- a [3, 7, 25] -1 bet
- [lost, won] the bet
- a [stupid, logical] bet
- lost a bet to his [dad, friend]
- It's a [sure, losing] bet!
- a sure bet to [win, get the job, become president]
- idiom: All bets are off.
- I bet (you) that you [can't, don't, won't]
- bet you [$50] (that)
- I bet you anything (that)
- bet on [the US winning, a horse, the game]
- [I, you] bet!
- you can bet that
- idiom: you can bet (your life) on it
- idiom: you can bet your bottom dollar (on that)
- idiom: you can bet your boots (that)
'bet' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):