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give odds
1. To offer a bet with favorable odds to the bettor (as by a bookmaker). Bookmakers are giving odds that the company's new smartphone outsells its competitors 2:1.
2. To be completely sure of something. I'll give odds that Jeremy tries to skip out on paying me back for dinner.
Common Names:
Name | Gender | Pronounced | Usage |
Pruett | | ['pru:ət] | |
Meino | | MIE-no (German, Dutch) | German, Dutch, Ancient Germanic |
Tri | | TREE | Indonesian |
Rochus | | - | German, Dutch, Ancient Germanic (Latinized) |
Kirstie | | - | Scottish |
Sumantra | | - | Bengali |