"gå bet" meaning in Swedish

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Verb

Forms: går bet [present], gick bet [preterite], gått bet [supine], gå bet [imperative]
Etymology: Originally of failing to make a contract in Bridge and similar card games. See bet. Head templates: {{head|sv|verb|present|går bet|preterite|gick bet|supine|gått bet|imperative|gå bet|head=gå bet}} gå bet (present går bet, preterite gick bet, supine gått bet, imperative gå bet)
  1. (idiomatic) to fail (at something) Tags: idiomatic
    Sense id: en-gå_bet-sv-verb-axKduDFm Categories (other): Swedish entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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{
  "etymology_text": "Originally of failing to make a contract in Bridge and similar card games. See bet.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "går bet",
      "tags": [
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gick bet",
      "tags": [
        "preterite"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gått bet",
      "tags": [
        "supine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gå bet",
      "tags": [
        "imperative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sv",
        "10": "gå bet",
        "2": "verb",
        "3": "present",
        "4": "går bet",
        "5": "preterite",
        "6": "gick bet",
        "7": "supine",
        "8": "gått bet",
        "9": "imperative",
        "head": "gå bet"
      },
      "expansion": "gå bet (present går bet, preterite gick bet, supine gått bet, imperative gå bet)",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Swedish",
  "lang_code": "sv",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Swedish entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
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            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "a private eye who solves the cases that stump the police",
          "text": "en privatdetektiv som löser fallen där polisen går bet",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "Nisse got past the monkey bars section of the obstacle course, but couldn't make it up the climbing wall",
          "text": "Nisse klarade hinderbanans armgångsmoment, men gick bet på klätterväggen",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "Can you answer the question that stumped the quiz show contestants?",
          "text": "Klarar du frågan frågesportsdeltagarna gick bet på?",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "She lost out on the inheritance",
          "text": "Hon gick bet på arvet",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "The thieves couldn't get into the safe",
          "text": "Tjuvarna gick bet på kassaskåpet",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to fail (at something)"
      ],
      "id": "en-gå_bet-sv-verb-axKduDFm",
      "links": [
        [
          "fail",
          "fail"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic) to fail (at something)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "gå bet"
}
{
  "etymology_text": "Originally of failing to make a contract in Bridge and similar card games. See bet.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "går bet",
      "tags": [
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gick bet",
      "tags": [
        "preterite"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gått bet",
      "tags": [
        "supine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gå bet",
      "tags": [
        "imperative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sv",
        "10": "gå bet",
        "2": "verb",
        "3": "present",
        "4": "går bet",
        "5": "preterite",
        "6": "gick bet",
        "7": "supine",
        "8": "gått bet",
        "9": "imperative",
        "head": "gå bet"
      },
      "expansion": "gå bet (present går bet, preterite gick bet, supine gått bet, imperative gå bet)",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Swedish",
  "lang_code": "sv",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Swedish entries with incorrect language header",
        "Swedish idioms",
        "Swedish lemmas",
        "Swedish multiword terms",
        "Swedish terms with redundant head parameter",
        "Swedish terms with usage examples",
        "Swedish verbs"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "a private eye who solves the cases that stump the police",
          "text": "en privatdetektiv som löser fallen där polisen går bet",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "Nisse got past the monkey bars section of the obstacle course, but couldn't make it up the climbing wall",
          "text": "Nisse klarade hinderbanans armgångsmoment, men gick bet på klätterväggen",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "Can you answer the question that stumped the quiz show contestants?",
          "text": "Klarar du frågan frågesportsdeltagarna gick bet på?",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "She lost out on the inheritance",
          "text": "Hon gick bet på arvet",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "The thieves couldn't get into the safe",
          "text": "Tjuvarna gick bet på kassaskåpet",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to fail (at something)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "fail",
          "fail"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic) to fail (at something)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "gå bet"
}

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