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safe bet

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safe bet

1. Something that is certain to occur. Based on his grades, it's a pretty safe bet that Harry won't be able to graduate on time.
2. A person or thing that is certain to be good or successful. The department felt that she was a safe bet for the account manager position.
See also: bet, safe
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a safe bet

a certainty.
A safe bet originally referred to a horse that was confidently expected to win a race.
2002 Observer It is a safe bet that as the Western world gets fatter, the people on its television screens will continue to get thinner.
See also: bet, safe
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a safe ˈbet

(informal) something that is likely to be right or successful: If you want a cheap holiday with lots of sunshine, then Spain is a safe bet.
See also: bet, safe
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References in periodicals archive
I have no hesitation in endorsing the nomination of Sharon and regard her as a pretty safe bet.
Takings were down four per cent in the section of the business that tells lenders whether borrowers are a safe bet.
As home bankers go, Nottingham Forest look a pretty safe bet to beat Millwall at the City Ground.
With Safe Bet, you are forced to ask if all these things could really happen, let alone in what seems a maximum of six months.
Lynda said: "I hope they cheer when we strip." It's a safe bet.
It's a safe bet that the only athletics these will see is in the shopping bag as men dash home with them for their wives.
But I can reveal there's one other safe bet in racing during the autumn - follow Godolphin like you'd follow a mini-skirted blonde.
All I know for certain - because I've been told by those who know and also by those who don't - is that Australia at evens to beat England by more than 12 points today is a safe bet. England are generally 40-1 to win the World Cup - that's with bookies who know they will attract patriotic (i.e.
Since quins are so rare, Kia is on a pretty safe bet, though the amount does go up for twins or triplets.
I'd want more than that for betting that it goes dark 45 nights in a row, which is always a very safe bet unless you're an eskimo.
Although, I think journalism is still a safe bet. It would be a huge ask to invent a robotic journalist that was as stroppy and nosy as me and my colleagues.
Major League Baseball's All-Star Game will be held Tuesday night in Cleveland, and it's a safe bet Washington Nationals pitching ace Max Scherzer could strike out multiple batters while on the mound.
WHEN Brian McFadden first took to the rink for Dancing On Ice most viewers thought he was a safe bet for an early exit.
It's a safe bet Still Game fans will have a night to remember when Scottish actor Paul Riley arrives in Airdrie.
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