make book

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make book

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The sense of be confident is semantically related to that of gamble, insofar as a sure bet denotes a situation in which one can be nearly certain of the outcome.

verb makes book · making book · made book

idiomatic To gamble, either by placing or taking bets. In the American League, front-running Cleveland was an odds-on favorite with the men who make book on baseball.
idiomatic To be very confident; to be sure. Near-synonym: bet one's bottom dollar
Similar: bet one's bottom dollar

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@misc{make_book_2026,
  title = {make book},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/make%20book},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}