bet
verb (used with object)
to wager with (something or someone).
had betted
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past perfectof bet.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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Some of those purchases may have been partly driven by hedge funds that had betted against GameStop, trying to cover their positions, and some of those funds made bad losses.
From Reuters ● Oct. 18, 2021
"March on, March on! all hearts rejoice!" cried the Colonel, who was mounted on a Bob-tailed nag—on which, in times of Peace, my soul, O Peace! he had betted his money.
From The Complete Works of Artemus Ward — Part 3: Stories and Romances by Artemus Ward
But he had betted over a sovereign on us, I know.”
From The Willoughby Captains by Talbot Baines Reed
Villebecque, who had betted, was so extremely excited by the whole affair, especially during the last three minutes, that he quite forgot his quiet companion, and when he looked round he found Flora fainting.
From Coningsby by Benjamin Disraeli, Earl of Beaconsfield
He had betted £5000 that he would walk ninety miles in twenty-one and a half hours, and has won, leaving an hour and seventeen minutes to spare.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 59, No. 364, February 1846 by Various
