bet one's ass

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bet one's ass (third-person singular simple present bets one's ass, present participle betting one's ass, simple past and past participle bet one's ass)

  1. (US, slang) To bet everything; to have total reliance or confidence in something.
    • 2011, Ahmariah Jackson, IAtomic Seven, Supreme Understanding, Locked Up but Not Locked Down:
      You can bet your ass that favor won't be returned.
    • 2020, Jodi Vaughn, Her Werewolf Champion:
      It was punishable by death because it put the entire species at risk. There was a standing reward for turning in any werewolf who broke the rule. He bet his ass that he'd get turned in for the money.