put money on

Example Sentences

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“In science we normally put money on a number of different horses because we can’t be entirely sure who’s going to win.”

From Salon

The sQuid app allowed parents to put money on a card so pupils could pay for meals and other items but it ceased UK operations on 14 March.

From BBC

The fights mostly carried on without much reaction, except for some light grumbling as the guys marked off the matches where they’d put money on the wrong fighter.

From Slate

"Previously, coal phase out has often been blocked by the interests opposing it. Many countries have put money on the table through 'just transition' strategies which has made coal phase-out politically feasible," says Jessica Jewell, Associate Professor at Chalmers University of Technology, and one of the authors of the study.

From Science Daily

But if I had to put money on it, I find it much more likely that we’ve all witnessed the peak of the app’s innovation, and we should start wondering what on earth might be coming for us next.

From Slate