lay a wager

Example Sentences

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I’ll lay a wager with you that this car tumbles off the bank before five minutes are past.”

From Lord Stranleigh Abroad by Barr, Robert

I’ll lay a wager the miser outbids every one of you,—even rich generous Marigny here!”

From The Quadroon Adventures in the Far West by Reid, Mayne

"You may lay a wager on that," replied Marek.

From On the Field of Glory An Historical Novel of the Time of King John Sobieski by Sienkiewicz, Henryk

We did lay a wager, but I had no idea that the youngster would decide it in that preposterous way.

From Vineta The Phantom City by Werner, E. T. C. (Edward Theodore Chalmers)

We resemble not the celebrated comedian, Mademoiselle Duclos, to whom somebody said: "I would lay a wager, mademoiselle, that you know not your credo!"

From A Philosophical Dictionary, Volume 10 (of 10) From "The Works of Voltaire - A Contemporary Version" by Fran?ois-Marie Arouet (AKA Voltaire)