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do sth for a bet
(US usually do sth on a bet)Definition
(Definition of do sth for a bet from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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do sb the world of good idiom
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do sb's dirty work idiom
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do sb's head in idiom
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do sb/yourself a mischief idiom
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do something, nothing, etc. for/to sb idiom
- do sth for a bet idiom
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do sth off your own bat idiom
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do sth out phrasal verb
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do sth over phrasal verb
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do sth up phrasal verb (REPAIR)
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do sth up phrasal verb (WRAP)
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SMART Thesaurus: Taking risks
Synonyms and related words:
- a drowning man will clutch at a straw idiom
- a leap in the dark idiom
- adventurer noun
- be skating on thin ice idiom
- chance your arm idiom
- gamble on sth phrasal verb
- go for broke idiom
- have/put your head on the block idiom
- hazard verb
- imperil verb
- play with fire idiom
- pull a stunt idiom
- put your head over/above the parapet idiom
- put your neck on the line idiom
- put/lay sth on the line idiom
- take your life in your hands idiom
- tempt fate/providence idiom
- up the ante idiom
- venture on/upon sth phrasal verb
- venture verb
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