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YOU BET or YOU BET YOUR BOOTS or YOU BET YOUR LIFE.

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Source: A Dictionary of American Idioms

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bet one's boots

[bet one's boots] or [bet one's bottom dollar] or [bet one's shirt] {v. phr.}, {informal} 1. To bet all you have. * /This horse will win. I would bet my […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

you bet

[you bet] or [you bet your boots] or [you bet your life] {informal} Most certainly; yes, indeed; without any doubt. - Used to declare with emphasis that a thing is […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

die in one's boots

[die in one's boots] or [die with one's boots on] {v. phr.}, {informal} To be killed or hanged rather than die in bed. * /The badmen of the Old West […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

life

[life] See: [BETWEEN LIFE AND DEATH], [BIG AS LIFE], [CAT HAS NINE LIVES], [CHARMED LIFE], [COME ALIVE OT COME TO LIFE], [FACTS OF LIFE], [FOR DEAR LIFE], [FOR THE LIFE […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

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