idiom
bet the farm
BET the FARM
bɛt ðə fɑːrmListen
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Syllable breakdown
betthefarm
Dictionary meaning
risk everything you own on a single outcome; stake all of one's resources or savings on one venture or prediction; from the image of a farmer gambling the family homestead on a single card game or speculative deal
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