bet
verb (used with object)
to wager with (something or someone).
have betted
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present perfectof bet.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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And while no one would have betted against the film being nominated, there is next to no buzz about it winning.
From The Guardian ● Feb. 23, 2018
You'd have betted a hundred pound to five, now, that you wouldn't have seen me here, wouldn't you?
From David Copperfield by Charles Dickens
It would have been, generally speaking, very difficult to have betted on the winner.
From Dombey and Son by Charles Dickens
"Because," said the man, "I have betted four hundred zouzim that I could put thee out of temper, and I have lost them all through thee."
From Hebraic Literature; Translations from the Talmud, Midrashim and Kabbala by Various
Had his lordship been known not to possess the smallest chance, nine of those fair girls out of ten would, nevertheless, have betted upon him.
From Elster's Folly by Mrs. Henry Wood
