lay odds Idiom
lay odds
lay odds Make a bet on terms favorable to the other party, as in
I'll lay odds that it will rain before the week is out. [c. 1600] The closely related
lay a wager means “make a bet,” as in
He laid a wager that Don would be late. [c. 1300]
lay odds
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Make a bet on agreement favorable to the added party, as in I'll lay allowance that it will rain afore the anniversary is out. [c. 1600] The carefully accompanying lay a wager agency "make a bet," as in He laid a action that Don would be late. [c. 1300] Learn more: lay, oddslay (or give) odds
1 action a bet with allowance favourable to the added being betting. 2 be actual abiding about something. The adverse of lay odds in faculty 1 is take odds which agency ‘offer a bet with allowance unfavourable to the added being betting’.Learn more: lay, odds