put money on a horse

  • 1put money on a horse — bet on a horse, wager money on a horse race …

    English contemporary dictionary

  • 2put — I adv. (colloq.) remaining in one place to stay put II v. 1) (B) ( to pose ) to put a question to smb. 2) (d; tr.) ( to place ) to put before (to put a proposal before a committee) 3) (d; tr.) ( to place ) to put in; into (to put milk in/into the …

    Combinatory dictionary

  • 3money — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ big ▪ There is big money in golf for the top players. ▪ easy ▪ He started stealing as a way of making easy money. ▪ bonus …

    Collocations dictionary

  • 4Horse racing — This article is about the sport. For other uses, see horserace (drinking game) or horse race (politics).Horse racing is an equestrian sport that has been practiced over the centuries; the chariot races of Roman times are an early example, as is… …

    Wikipedia

  • 5put — 1. v. & n. v. (putting; past and past part. put) 1 tr. move to or cause to be in a specified place or position (put it in your pocket; put the children to bed; put your signature here). 2 tr. bring into a specified condition, relation, or state… …

    Useful english dictionary

  • 6money — noun (U) 1 what you earn by working and what you spend in order to buy things: The repairs will cost a lot of money. | earn money: She barely earns enough money to live on. | save money: We re not going on holiday this year we re trying to save… …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 7horse — [[t]hɔ͟ː(r)s[/t]] ♦♦ horses, horsing, horsed 1) N COUNT A horse is a large animal which people can ride. Some horses are used for pulling ploughs and carts. A small man on a grey horse had appeared. 2) N PLURAL: the N, usu on the N When you talk… …

    English dictionary

  • 8put the cart before the horse — To reverse the natural or sensible order of things • • • Main Entry: ↑cart put the cart before the horse see under ↑cart • • • Main Entry: ↑horse * * * put the cart before the horse phrase to do one thing before another thing that you should have …

    Useful english dictionary

  • 9money — (n.) mid 13c., coinage, metal currency, from O.Fr. monoie money, coin, currency; change (Mod.Fr. monnaie), from L. moneta place for coining money, mint; coined money, money, coinage, from Moneta, a title or surname of the Roman goddess Juno, in… …

    Etymology dictionary

  • 10put your shirt on something — british informal phrase to risk a lot of money in an investment or a bet Thesaurus: to gamble moneysynonym to invest moneysynonym gambling games and places where gambling takes place …

    Useful english dictionary