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bet one's life en · INTJ

Meanings

1. You bet; damn straight.
   • Q: Do you think the Dallas Cowboys will go all the way this year? A: You bet your life they will!

bet one's life en · VERB

Meanings

1. Synonym of bet one's boots.
   • But whenever one of the motor-trucks lumbering by bore a big U.S. on its rear panel Troy pushed his light ambulance ahead and skimmed past, just for the joy of seeing the fresh young heads rising pyramid-wise about the sides of the lorry, hearing the snatches of familiar songs—"Hail, hail, the gang's all here!" and "We won't come back till it's over over here!"—and shouting back in reply to a stentorian "Hi, kid, beat it!", "Bet your life I will, old man!" 1918, Edith Wharton, chapter IX, in The Marne, New York, N.Y.: D[aniel] Appleton and Company, →OCLC, pages 87–88:
   • This is not really happening / You bet your life it is 1994, “Cornflake Girl”, in Under the Pink, performed by Tori Amos:
   • You can play a lot of tricks with a glass eye because you can take it out and pop it back in again any time you like. You can bet your life Mrs Twit knew all the tricks. 1979, Roald Dahl, The Twits:

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Synonyms

bet one's boots