make book
verbEtymology
The "be confident" sense is connected to the "gamble" sense: a sure bet is one that you can be nearly certain of.
Definitions
To gamble, either by placing or taking bets.
- In the American League, front-running Cleveland was an odds-on favorite with the men who make book on baseball.
- [Connie:] How is Mrs Miller? [Mr Miller:] She doesn't understand me. [Connie:] I could have made book on that answer.
To be very confident
To be very confident; to be sure.
- Near-synonym: bet one's bottom dollar
- "Oh, you can make book that she didn't start no love-making. She ain't the kind to curl up in a man's ear and whisper."
The neighborhood
- neighborbookie
- neighborbookmaker
- neighborbookmaking
- neighborsportsbook
- neighborbank on
- neighbormake bank
- neighbormake it interesting
- neighborto be sure
- neighborwant to bet
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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA