bottom dollar

Example Sentences

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“Even if, God forbid, Treasury misses a payment, you can bet your bottom dollar that Congress will quickly pay its bills,” Rupkey said.

From Los Angeles Times • May 12, 2023

On this list of our all-time favorite plant-based desserts, you can bet your bottom dollar that — yes, it sure will.

From Salon • Nov. 10, 2021

As Chekhov did not quite say, if an analyst describes an analysand as a gun on Page 4, you better bet your bottom dollar that gun’s going off by Page, oh, 200 and something.

From New York Times • Mar. 23, 2021

“And I would say based on the performance of the last year, his performance is in the top quartile. So, we are paying bottom dollar for top performance. I think we’re getting a good deal.”

From Seattle Times • Feb. 11, 2021

Truly I'd ha' given my bottom dollar to be a settin' under that old oak that we had to hum, an' a breeze a-stirrin' the branches.

From Harper's Round Table, September 10, 1895 by Various