"you bet" meaning in English

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Interjection

Audio: En-au-you bet.ogg [Australia]
Head templates: {{en-interj}} you bet
  1. (idiomatic) Expresses support, agreement, certainty or emphasis. Tags: idiomatic
    Sense id: en-you_bet-en-intj-30b2Opjm
  2. (idiomatic, informal) Certainly, you're welcome; a reply to thank you or to a request. Tags: idiomatic, informal Synonyms: you betcha [colloquial] Translations (certainly (reply to a request)): to si piš (Czech), jasně (Czech), nou en of (Dutch), en of (Dutch), pli volonte (Esperanto), kindlasti (Estonian), varmasti (Finnish), täältä pesee (Finnish), plutôt (French), oui (French), y a intérêt (French), je veux (French), un peu (French), rien qu’un peu (French), bien sûr (French), und ob (German), aber hallo (German), σίγουρα (sígoura) (Greek), naná (Hungarian), még szép (Hungarian), az biztos (Hungarian), altroché (Italian), puoi scommetterci [addressee-singular, informal] (Italian), ci puoi scommettere (Italian), può scommetterci [addressee-singular, formal] (Italian), ci può scommettere (Italian), potete scommetterci (english: to several people) (Italian), ci potete scommettere (Italian), もちろん (mochiron) (Japanese), e mea ana (Maori), ehara ehara (Maori), pode apostar [addressee-singular] (Portuguese), podem apostar (english: to several people) (Portuguese), ещё бы (ješčó by) (Russian), а то́ (a tó) (Russian), ещё как (ješčó kak) (Russian), คุณพนัน (kun pá-nan) (Thai)
    Sense id: en-you_bet-en-intj-oqSD6cRo Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English sentences Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 4 96 Disambiguation of English sentences: 28 72 Disambiguation of 'certainly (reply to a request)': 2 98

Alternative forms

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