punt on sth
— phrasal verb with punt uk/pʌnt/us/pʌnt/verb
(RISK MONEY)
informal to risk money by buying or supporting something, in the hope of making or winning more money:
Investors are punting on a big move in the stock market next week.
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Gambling & bookmaking
- ante
- bank
- banker
- bet
- betting
- bookmaker
- cockfight
- dice
- double or quits idiom
- draw
- gaming table
- grab bag
- high roller
- juke joint
- lose
- lucky dip
- spin a coin idiom
- stake
- tombola
- toss
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Investing money
(NOT DO)
US informal If you punt on something, you decide not to do or include it:
We punted on a motion that makes no sense.
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Refusing & rejecting
- abnegate
- blow
- bugger
- damned
- demur
- derecognize
- disclaim
- door
- override
- react against sth
- refusal
- shoot
- shun
- sit
- sit sth out
- throw
- veto
- vote sth down
- wash
- wild horses wouldn't drag me idiom
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