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View definitions for gamble on

gamble on

verb as in bank on

verb as in bet one's bottom dollar

verb as in lean

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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.

From BBC

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.

From Slate

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.

From BBC

But are United taking a gamble on a young coach who has not managed outside Portugal?

From BBC

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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