bottom dollar

Example Sentences

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“Even if, God forbid, Treasury misses a payment, you can bet your bottom dollar that Congress will quickly pay its bills,” Rupkey said.

From Los Angeles Times • May 12, 2023

“And I would say based on the performance of the last year, his performance is in the top quartile. So, we are paying bottom dollar for top performance. I think we’re getting a good deal.”

From Seattle Times • Feb. 11, 2021

As they become experts at predicting, and in turn, influencing human behavior, you can bet your bottom dollar they’ll apply that expertise in unsavory ways.

From Slate • Oct. 25, 2019

“You bet your bottom dollar that every member of the Supreme Court was reading that decision last night or this morning,” he said, “because there was so much narrative that’s been built around it.”

From New York Times • Oct. 2, 2019

The result of this pumping process must have been satisfactory: for when we parted with him, the fakir declared he was "go'n' try't on thar, next winter, 'f I bust me bottom dollar!"

From Afloat on the Ohio An Historical Pilgrimage of a Thousand Miles in a Skiff, from Redstone to Cairo by Thwaites, Reuben Gold