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Meaning of lay odds | Babel Free

Verb CEFR B2

Definitions

To offer a bet in which one stands more to lose than the opponent; or a bet in some other way favourable to the opponent.
To feel certain about something.

Examples

“Prince John: "I will lay odds that, ere this year expire, / We bear our civil swords and native fire / As far as France. I heard a bird so sing, / Whose music, to my thinking, pleas'd the King."”

“"We're dead safe," he assured them with a laugh. "No salt mines this time, Smoke. But I'll tell you what -- I'll lay odds of five to one it's the Macedonia."”

CEFR level

B2

Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

See also

lay off lay on lay on the line lay on the oars lay on with a trowel lay one down