I. verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
compulsive gambling/overeating/spending etc
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Compulsive overspending in these days of credit cards has become more common.
drugs/gambling/smuggling etc racket
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Police believe he is involved in an international smuggling racket.
illegal parking/gambling/hunting etc
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The fines for illegal parking are likely to increase.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
away
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The memory of empty bellies because their father had gambled away all the National Assistance was still fresh in their minds.
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He gambles away the money but is back on her doorstep the next morning.
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But he drank and gambled away the lot, and it closed.
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But her father gambled away the tuition for private college, and she was forced to return to the University of Kansas.
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All it's done is to give him more money to gamble away up in London.
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G: A difference of opinion, Geoffrey, press your buttons and gamble away .
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They drank less and saved instead of gambling away their earnings.
on
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Quinn had gambled on there being something inside the case to lead police and troops to whatever rendezvous he established with Zack.
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Now her family are gambling on yet another operation, this time with her father, David as the donor.
■ NOUN
casino
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Well-known casino and gambling interests have contributed regularly to the campaigns of the three senators.
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Legislation to legalize casino gambling could be introduced in Congress next fall.
money
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He was also, by reputation, an alcoholic who needed the money to pay his gambling debts.
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All it's done is to give him more money to gamble away up in London.
online
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McAllister said two Las Vegas casinos have recently inquired about obtaining online gambling licenses in Antigua.
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They also express concern about the addiction and underage gambling they believe will be the inevitable partners of online gambling.
■ VERB
drink
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Time and again you've promised not to drink , not to gamble , and still you waste yourself.
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Claudio is the unfaithful, deceitful { friend } who leads Leonardo astray into drinking , gambling and having romantic affairs.
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They drank a lot, they gambled , supposedly they practised the Black Mass.
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He stopped drinking , smoking, gambling , and womanizing.
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But he drank and gambled away the lot, and it closed.
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He stopped smoking, drinking , and gambling , and rediscovered the joy of swimming.
legalize
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Last fall a congressional tourism commission started debate on legalizing gambling .
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Legislation to legalize casino gambling could be introduced in Congress next fall.
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The appointments come as interest in legalized gambling appears to be growing in the legislature.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a calculated risk/gamble
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Investing in high-tech companies is a calculated risk.
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But it is a calculated risk.
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He just took a calculated risk on the spur of the moment.
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Injured Stephen Pears, who took a calculated gamble with a cheekbone injury, was never tested in goal.
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It was a calculated risk to take a man without forensic experience, but we were looking for a manager primarily.
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It was a calculated risk, like all voyages into the unknown.
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These high-handed tactics were obviously risky, but they were a calculated risk.
movie/media/gambling etc mogul
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The movie moguls were taking it up.
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Under normal circumstances Chaplin may well have simply thrown the eminent movie mogul a mere passing glance of recognition.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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At the trial, defense attorney Neal gambled by calling no defense witnesses.
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We won $700 gambling in Las Vegas.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Being of very modest means, but having some contacts upon the turf, he attempted to increase his wages by gambling.
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By appealing directly to his fellow-citizens and banking on a generous response, the President may just have gambled correctly.
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By converting pounds to other currencies investors are gambling that the pound will fall.
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I let them gamble for the criminals' belongings.
II. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
big
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There was a big gamble on him.
■ VERB
calculate
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Your indignation - the less charitable would call it calculated gamble - has paid off.
take
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I blamed Hilda for it, I felt she had taken away the gamble , the risk that made it worth while.
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One of the few mainstream publishers to take the gamble recently was Rodale Press, with Heart &038; Soul.
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Yeltsin, as he is inclined to do when backed into a corner, has taken a high-risk gamble .
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Despite the risk, Yamamoto could see no reason for hesitating to take the gamble .
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Central government was not prepared to take that gamble , but was happy to see the localities take it.
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President Bush took a considerable gamble with this invasion, and it has not yet paid off.
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Kirsty's happiness was far too important to take a gamble with.
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Store bosses are taking a gamble in hoping that enough folk will go shopping to make up for huge discounts on offer.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a calculated risk/gamble
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Investing in high-tech companies is a calculated risk.
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But it is a calculated risk.
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He just took a calculated risk on the spur of the moment.
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Injured Stephen Pears, who took a calculated gamble with a cheekbone injury, was never tested in goal.
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It was a calculated risk to take a man without forensic experience, but we were looking for a manager primarily.
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It was a calculated risk, like all voyages into the unknown.
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These high-handed tactics were obviously risky, but they were a calculated risk.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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The city's decision to not ration water during the summer was a gamble that paid off.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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And the gamble seems to have paid off.
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As it happened, the gamble paid off handsomely.
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At the moment, that gamble seems to be paying off.
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It is always a little bit of a gamble ...
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On Tuesday night, the gamble paid off.
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Smith's mini gamble paid off for two ends later he stole a single to tie the score at 1-1.
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The Union gamble had paid off.