单词 | to pound it |
释义 | > as lemmasto pound it 4. transitive. slang and English regional. To bet a pound, or an extravagant amount, on (an event or outcome). Also with clause as object. Esp. in to pound it: to wager a large amount at long odds; (hence) to state with conviction. Now rare. Perhaps Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > absence of doubt, confidence > demonstrate confidence [phrase] go1768 to pound it1819 bet1852 to bet the (also a) farm1886 (I, you, etc.) betcha, betcher1922 society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > betting > bet [verb (intransitive)] > type of betting run or throw a levant1714 levant1797 to pound it1819 field1860 to go for the gloves1861 to buy money1906 plunge1939 to bet like the Watsons1949 (to bet (etc.)) on the nose1951 1819 J. H. Vaux New Vocab. Flash Lang. in Memoirs II. 198 A man will say I'll pound it to be so; taken, probably from the custom of..offering ten pounds to a crown at a cock-match, in which case, if no person takes this extravagant odds, the battle is at an end. This is termed pounding a cock. 1828 ‘J. Bee’ Living Picture London ii. 44 You'll soon be bowled out, I'll pound it. 1838 C. Dickens Oliver Twist II. xxvi. 99 I'll pound it that Barney's managing properly. 1865 C. Dickens Our Mutual Friend II. iv. xv. 287 I'll pound it, Master, to be in the way of school. 1901 F. E. Taylor Folk-speech S. Lancs. at Peawnd He's drunken bi neaw, aw'll peawnd yo. < as lemmas |
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