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Idiom

bet the house

Meaning

Synonym of bet the farm.

Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Examples

“Do not bet the house on that new company.”

“He was so confident in his investment strategy that he decided to bet the house on it.”

“Despite the significant risks involved in the startup venture, the entrepreneur chose to bet the house on the success of his innovative technology.”

Examples

simple

“Do not bet the house on that new company.”

contextual

“He was so confident in his investment strategy that he decided to bet the house on it.”

complex

“Despite the significant risks involved in the startup venture, the entrepreneur chose to bet the house on the success of his innovative technology.”

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