bet the ranch

verb

Synonym of bet the farm.

Meanings

verbbet the ranch (third-person singular simple present bets the ranch, present participle betting the ranch, simple past and past participle bet the ranch)

present singular third person bets the ranch · participle present betting the ranch

  1. idiomaticSynonym of bet the farm.

    But what if he now decides to bet the ranch on large language models and AI?

    2023 May 13, John Naughton, “A moment’s silence, please, for the death of Mark Zuckerberg’s metaverse”, in The Observer, →ISSN

    Synonyms: bet the farm

Synonyms & antonyms

verbSynonym of bet the farm.

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APA

bet the ranch. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bet%20the%20ranch

MLA

“bet the ranch.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bet%20the%20ranch. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bet the ranch,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bet%20the%20ranch.

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