Vocabulary

Form

to wager; to bet; to risk; to stake; to gamble

verb vt
N3 freq #41

Example sentences

He risked his whole fortune to discover new oil fields.

He staked his future on this single chance.

He's in this thing up to his balls.

I bet five dollars that he will not come.

I'd bet my life on it.

I'll bet you that you're wrong about that.

I made a bet that she would win the game.

I had to compete with him for promotion.