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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

put one's money where one's mouth is en · VERB

Pronunciation

Meanings

  1. To make or take a bet.
  2. (idiomatic) To take an obvious stake in the truth of a claim that one is making.
    • "The scientists are right to be extremely cautious about interpreting these findings," said Jim Al-Khalili, a physicist from the University of Surrey, who suggested that a simple error in the measurement is probably the source of all the fuss..."So let me put my money where my mouth is: if the Cern experiment proves to be correct and neutrinos have broken the speed of light, I will eat my boxer shorts on live TV." 2011 September 23, Jason Palmer, “Light speed: Flying into fantasy”, in BBC News:
    • "We've put money towards it and it's up to government to put the money where its mouth is." 2020 January 2, Graeme Pickering, “Fuelling the changes on Teesside rails”, in Rail, page 61:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
put one's money where one's mouth was Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
put one's money where one's mouth was Tense=Past lexicographic
puts one's money where one's mouth is Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
putting one's money where one's mouth is Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic

Relateds

write checks one can't cash · walk the talk · skin in the game · put up or shut up · talk is cheap

Translations (6)

pl poprzeć słowa czynami (to stake on the outcome of an event or assertion) · es demostrar (to stake on the outcome of an event or assertion) · es probar (to stake on the outcome of an event or assertion) · it scommettere (to stake on the outcome of an event or assertion) · es demonstrar (disused) (to stake on the outcome of an event or assertion) · pl popierać słowa czynami (to stake on the outcome of an event or assertion)