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|past tense||bet or betted|
|past participle||bet or betted|
Thousands of people bet on the result of the game.
I bet $10 on each of the horses.
He bet me $20 that I couldn't keep quiet for ten minutes.
This is the American English definition of bet. View British English definition of bet.
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