BET


Meaning of BET in English

noun

ADJECTIVE

▪ good , safe , sure

▪ fair

▪ bad

▪ risky

▪ outside (= with a very small chance of winning)

▪ stupid

I wish I hadn't agreed to that stupid ~.

▪ winning

▪ big , huge , large

I was tempted to place a large ~.

▪ small

VERB + BET

▪ have , make , place , put

I'm going to place a ~ on that white horse.

▪ accept , take

We are now taking ~s on the election result.

▪ win

▪ lose

PREPOSITION

▪ ~ on

I had a ~ on the three o'clock race.

▪ ~ with

I made a ~ with a friend.

PHRASES

▪ do sth for a ~

▪ it is my ~ (that) …  , my ~ is (that) … 

My ~ is that Canada will win.

Oxford Collocations English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь словосочетаний .