dollars to donuts

phrase

I can tell you (used to assert the speakers confidence in the veracity of the statement).

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Meanings

phrase
  1. USfigurativelyinformalI can tell you (used to assert the speakers confidence in the veracity of the statement).

    Dollars to donuts you'll like the price, too . . . only $132.50

    1962, Chain Store Age, volume 38, Chain Store Publishing Corporation, →OCLC, part 2
    1 more example

    Dollars to donuts, your spouse or lover will take the cue, and begin the day this way too.

    1988, Eva Shaw, Your Astrological Guide to Fitness, Mills & Sanderson, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC

Origin

See bet a dollar to a doughnut.

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APA

dollars to donuts. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dollars%20to%20donuts

MLA

“dollars to donuts.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dollars%20to%20donuts. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “dollars to donuts,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dollars%20to%20donuts.

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