Antonyms for lay odds


Grammar : Verb


Definition of lay odds

  • As in bet : verb gamble
Example sentences :
  • I know you'll choose a good girl—and a pretty one too, I'll lay odds!
  • Extract from : « Mrs. Maxon Protests » by Anthony Hope
  • "I'll lay odds that you put up a good fight," the Lieutenant said, pleasantly.
  • Extract from : « The Puppet Crown » by Harold MacGrath
  • It is all right, you may lay odds, you are in for a really good thing!
  • Extract from : « Riding Recollections, 5th ed. » by G. J. Whyte-Melville
  • The rest of 'em took to their heels, you may lay odds on that.
  • Extract from : « The Adventures of Kathlyn » by Harold MacGrath
  • Now listen: I'm prepared to lay odds that The Babe is not an opium fiend at all, and has never been near this den.
  • Extract from : « Bunch Grass » by Horace Annesley Vachell
  • If I could get Strinnit to lay odds on himself against the Major the money would be safe in my pocket.
  • Extract from : « The Toys of Peace » by Saki
  • The tables were deserted, and the dealers and gamekeepers came forth to see the outcome of the wager and to lay odds.
  • Extract from : « The Call of the Wild » by Jack London
  • But I am open to lay odds with any gentleman of sporting tastes that this time the creature's traveling days are done.
  • Extract from : « The Lock And Key Library » by Various
  • And I'll lay odds we can feel the heat o' the sun in the east and west enough to make a fair guess at the course.
  • Extract from : « "Where Angels Fear to Tread" and Other Stories of the Sea » by Morgan Robertson
  • If Wheeler's cavalry is in this vicinity you can lay odds on it that all the inhabitants of this wild territory know it.
  • Extract from : « An Undivided Union » by Oliver Optic

Synonyms for lay odds

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