bet the house

English

Verb

bet the house (third-person singular simple present bets the house, present participle betting the house, simple past and past participle bet the house)

1. (idiomatic) Synonym of bet the farm
   • 2011 July 18, John Cassidy, “Mastering the Machine”, in The New Yorker‎^[1], →ISSN:

     Such thinking runs counter to the conventional wisdom in the hedge-fund industry, which is that the only way to score big is to bet the house.