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make book

Idioms  
  1. Accept bets on a race, game, or contest, as in No one's making book on the local team. This expression uses book in the sense of “a record of the bets made by different individuals.” [Mid-1800s]


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Today, Penguin Random House says that another acquisition would make book publishing more competitive and help authors and readers.

From New York Times • Aug. 2, 2022

Pantheon and Schocken’s hire of Lisa Lucas in 2020 as president and publisher was seen as part of a larger push to make book publishing — and the books published — more inclusive.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 31, 2022

Endearing teen love story is sure to make book fans happy.

From Washington Post • May 18, 2017

My granny taught me to make book covers.

From BBC • Nov. 8, 2012

Rachel Deborah Shilsky could drive a car and pull a trailer behind it, but Ruth McBride Jordan had never touched a steering wheel before that day in 1973, and you can make book on it.

From "The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother" by James McBride

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