put (your) money on sb/sth
to risk money on someone or something winning a race or competition:
He put some money on a horse in the five o'clock race.
to strongly believe that someone will do something or that something will happen:
Chris will be promoted - I'd put money on it.
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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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