gamble
verb (used without object)
to play at any game of chance for money or other stakes.
have been gambling
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present perfect progressiveof gamble.present perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that began in the past, has continued continuously, and is still in progress.
Example Sentences
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Even worse, many firms have been gambling that interest rates will soon decline by shifting their borrowing to short-term loans.
From Time Magazine Archive
But for the past three weeks speculators in the City have been gambling on "generous" terms.
From Time Magazine Archive
Buyers of Fannie Mae stock have been gambling that interest rates will continue to fall.
From Time Magazine Archive
Look here, Helen, I have been gambling: I staked all I had, even to my life, to win you, and I have won.
From One Maid's Mischief by George Manville Fenn
You have been gambling for my sake: I have guessed it.
From The Enemies of Women (Los enemigos de la mujer) by Vicente Blasco Ib??ez
