"play with house money" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: plays with house money [present, singular, third-person], playing with house money [participle, present], played with house money [participle, past], played with house money [past]
Etymology: Referring to a casino, where gambling one's winnings from the casino ("the house") may feel less risky than gambling the money that one brought from outside. Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} play with house money (third-person singular simple present plays with house money, present participle playing with house money, simple past and past participle played with house money)
  1. To be in a situation where little or no personal risk can be incurred.
    Sense id: en-play_with_house_money-en-verb-Yp1ulg1a
  2. To act as though little or no risk can be incurred. Related terms: bet the farm
    Sense id: en-play_with_house_money-en-verb-FAJogx11 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 27 73 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 16 84 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 26 74

Inflected forms

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