lay odds
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Basically, our goal is to make forecasts, to handicap the race, and to lay odds.
From Slate ● Oct. 5, 2018
Second, I'd lay odds on having fewer than 37,000 annual deaths and many, many more serious injuries if we switch to self-driving cars.
From New York Times ● Oct. 14, 2017
Lexington would lay odds that TV viewers in Detroit and the surrounding state of Michigan will soon know that video well.
From Economist ● Mar. 20, 2014
Care to lay odds on either of them?
From Time ● Aug. 20, 2012
But I’ll tell you what—I’ll lay odds of five to one it’s the Macedonia.”
From The Sea Wolf by Jack London
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