bet the house

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bet the house

verb bets the house · betting the house · bet the house

  1. idiomatic Synonym of bet the farm. Such thinking runs counter to the conventional wisdom in the hedge-fund industry, which is that the only way to score big is to bet the house.

    Similar: bet the farm

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@misc{bet_the_house_2026,
  title = {bet the house},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/bet%20the%20house},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}