lay money on

Weak matches

• gamble on
• make book on

Weak matches

• bank on
• bet bottom dollar on
• bet on
• build upon
• calculate on
• confide in
• gamble on
• lean on
• reckon on
• trust in
• turn to

Strongest matches

• bet
• speculate
• wager

Strong matches

• back
• brave
• challenge
• dare
• defy
• endanger
• face
• game
• hazard
• imperil
• jeopardize
• lot
• play
• plunge
• put
• risk
• set
• stake
• venture

Weak matches

• buck the odds
• cast lots
• cut the cards
• flip the coin
• go for broke
• make a bet
• put faith in
• put trust in
• shoot the moon
• shoot the works
• stick one's neck out
• take a flyer
• tempt fortune
• trust to luck
• try one's luck

Strongest matches

• buy
• maintain

Strong matches

• assume
• aver
• consider
• credit
• deem
• entertain
• esteem
• feel
• judge
• okay
• presume
• reckon
• regard
• sense
• think
• view

Weak matches

• bet bottom dollar
• cross one's heart
• have hunch
• have sneaking suspicion
• lap up
• set store by
• swear by
• swear up and down
• take as gospel truth
• take stock in

Strong matches

• confide
• rely
• trust

Weak matches

• bank on
• believe in
• bet bottom dollar
• bet on
• gamble on
• have faith
• hinge on
• put faith in

Strongest matches

• game
• put
• set
• take

Strong matches

• bet
• chance
• exploit
• finesse
• hazard
• jockey
• maneuver
• manipulate
• speculate
• stake
• wager

Strong matches

• await
• bank
• bet
• build
• calculate
• commit
• confide
• count
• depend
• entrust
• expect
• hope
• lean
• look
• reckon
• trust

Weak matches

• be confident of
• be sure of
• believe in
• bet bottom dollar on
• gamble on
• have faith in
• ride on coattails
• swear by

Strongest matches

• bank on
• believe in
• count on
• depend on
• trust
• turn to

Weak matches

• bet bottom dollar on
• bet on
• build upon
• calculate on
• confide in
• gamble on
• lean on
• reckon on
• trust in

Strongest matches

• count on
• depend on
• look to

Strong matches

• accredit
• assume
• expect
• hope
• imagine
• presume
• suppose
• surmise
• take

Weak matches

• bank on
• be convinced
• bet bottom dollar on
• bet on
• build on
• calculate on
• confide in
• gamble on
• have faith in
• lean on
• place confidence in
• place trust in
• reckon on
• rely upon
• swear by
• take at face value
• think likely