Meaning

1 senses

  1. (idiomatic)To be absolutely sure of something; to be certain enough to wager an essential possession.

    auf etwas Gift nehmen können, für etwas die Hand ins Feuer legen

Examples

1 sentences

  1. You can bet your boots on that.

    deDarauf kannst du deinen letzten Groschen wetten. — Dejo

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Translations

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Forms

bets one's boots, betting one's boots, bet one's boots, bet one's boots
Base formbet one's boots · to bet one's boots
3rd person singularbets one's boots
Present participlebetting one's boots
Past simplebet one's boots
Past participlebet one's boots

irregular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theybet one's boots
he, she, itbets one's boots

Past simpleLesson

all personsbet one's boots

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave bet one's boots
he, she, ithas bet one's boots

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill bet one's boots

Synonyms

6 synonyms
bet a dollar to a doughnutbet one's bottom dollarbet one's lifebet the farmbet the ranchbet the house

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
betB1betabetel

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