gamble
verb (used without object)
to play at any game of chance for money or other stakes.
had gambled
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past perfectof gamble.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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He told GB News he had gambled £800 that he would lose Central Suffolk and North Ipswich to the Conservatives.
From BBC ● Dec. 3, 2024
The casinos then withheld the patrons’ winnings, placing them in an escrow account to give them time to prove they had gambled legally.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 14, 2023
He said Mr. Bolton had gambled and lost.
From New York Times ● Jun. 20, 2020
Authorities who retraced his steps learned he had gambled at the Seminole Casino in nearby Immokalee.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 29, 2020
She had gambled on the fact that Ammu, whatever else she did, however angry she was, would never publicly admit to her relationship with Velutha.
From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy
