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gamble on
verb as in bank on
verb as in bet one's bottom dollar
Weak matches
verb as in depend
verb as in lean
verb as in rely
verb as in rely on
verb as in trust
Example Sentences
Southgate's gamble on Luke Shaw's fitness for the Euros - and having to use the right-footed Kieran Trippier instead - was one of the biggest talking points for fans.
But I believe the alternative in another Trump presidency—including the possible further erosion of abortion rights, as well as a promised series of detention camps along the border as part of a plan to expel millions of fellow human beings from our country—is a future too dangerous to gamble on a protest vote.
Yes, the win turned on a gamble on a red flag, which took George Russell and Lando Norris out of the picture - much to the annoyance of Russell, who disagreed with Mercedes’ decision to pit him for fresh tyres under the virtual safety car.
But are United taking a gamble on a young coach who has not managed outside Portugal?
Trump’s entire campaign to regain the presidency can be seen as an outlandish gamble on evading accountability for a series of grave and manifest crimes.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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