Meanings
verbbet the house (third-person singular simple present bets the house, present participle betting the house, simple past and past participle bet the house)
present singular third person bets the house · participle present betting the house
- idiomaticSynonym of bet the farm.
Such thinking runs counter to the conventional wisdom in the hedge-fund industry, which is that the only way to score big is to bet the house.
2011 July 18, John Cassidy, “Mastering the Machine”, in The New Yorker, →ISSNSynonyms: bet the farm
Synonyms & antonyms
verbSynonym of bet the farm.
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bet the house. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bet%20the%20house
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“bet the house.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bet%20the%20house. Accessed November 5, 2026.
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bet the house,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bet%20the%20house.
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