| VERB | competition | bet on, back, gage, stake, game, punt | place a bet on |
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| Meaning | place a bet on. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s on something | |
| Synonyms | back, gage, stake, game, punt | |
| Narrower | ante | place one's stake |
| parlay, double up | stake winnings from one bet on a subsequent wager | |
| Broader | bet, wager, play | stake on the outcome of an issue |
| See also | bet | maintain with or as if with a bet |
| Spanish | arriesgar, aventurar, invertir | |
| Catalan | joc | |
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