lay a wager

Example Sentences

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"An I was still shrewder," says I, "I'd trust a surmise an' lay a wager that I was right."

From Harbor Tales Down North With an Appreciation by Wilfred T. Grenfell, M.D. by Duncan, Norman

I will lay a wager it is the servant of the officer with whom you are in love.

From The Comedies of Carlo Goldoni edited with an introduction by Helen Zimmern by Goldoni, Carlo

They know that they have done wrong; and I’d lay a wager, there’s not an hour of the day that they’re not thinking of me, and dreading that I will make my appearance.

From Lost Lenore The Adventures of a Rolling Stone by Beach, Charles A.

"You may lay a wager on that," replied Marek.

From On the Field of Glory An Historical Novel of the Time of King John Sobieski by Sienkiewicz, Henryk

They started for the main street at a trot, and Vane panted out:— “I’ll lay a wager that the engine’s locked up, and that they can’t find the keys.”

From The Weathercock Being the Adventures of a Boy with a Bias by Cooper, A.W.