To gamble for high stakes.
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释义 | society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > games of chance > play games of chance [verb (intransitive)] > stake > type of stake (9) to play high1640 To gamble for high stakes. butter1671 transitive. slang. Of a gambler: to increase (one's stake) after every throw or game. Also with the person betted against as object. Obsolete. set up one's rest1680 (a) To stake: only in set up one's rest (see rest, n.3 phrases 2b). †(b) To score (so much) at cards. Obsolete. to play low1735 to play low: to play or gamble for stakes of a small amount; (also) to play a card of low value. Cf. to play high at high, adv. phrases 4. paroli1835 intransitive. To gamble the sum originally staked together with the money won on a bet. Cf. parlay, v. to go one's pile1836 Originally U.S. A large amount money; a fortune. †to go one's pile (U.S.): to stake all one's money on a single chance (obsolete). to go nap1894 Cards. to make one's nap: to win all five tricks; to go nap: to bid to take all five tricks; (in extended use) to score five goals, wins, etc. parlay1895 transitive. Betting. To use (an original stake and the winnings from a previous bet) as a stake on a further bet, or series of cumulative bets. Also… double up1940 Military. transitive and intransitive (colloquial). To couple or associate with (in the same quarters). Often double up. In Betting, to double the… |
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