"safe bet" meaning in All languages combined

See safe bet on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: safe bets [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} safe bet (plural safe bets)
  1. Something that is almost certainly true. Synonyms: good bet, sure bet, fair bet, dead cert, sure thing
    Sense id: en-safe_bet-en-noun-fBGW8-j0 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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