LAY ODDS Definition & Meaning

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Idioms and Phrases

Make a bet on terms favorable to the other party, as in I'll lay odds that it will rain before the week is out . [c. 1600] The closely related lay a wager means “make a bet,” as in He laid a wager that Don would be late . [c. 1300]

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You can lay odds that there will be at least one docudrama, probably to be directed by Jay Roach, focusing on the incompetent federal response.

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Galston, a former adviser to President Bill Clinton, said: “I would lay odds on it being an African American, and possibly an African American woman.”

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A betting man might lay odds that King will prevail in a primary as a visionary zealot who prepared the way for our fearless and feckless leader Trump.

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Basically, our goal is to make forecasts, to handicap the race, and to lay odds.

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You'll just have to lay odds in every case, but one:

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