bet the house en · VERB
Meanings
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(idiomatic) Synonym of bet the farm.
Such thinking runs counter to the conventional wisdom in the hedge-fund industry, which is that the only way to score big is to bet the house.
2011 July 18, John Cassidy, “Mastering the Machine”, in The New Yorker, →ISSN:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| bets the house | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| betting the house | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| bet the house | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| bet the house | Tense=Past | lexicographic |