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• make book — phrasal 1. : to accept bets at calculated odds on all the entrants in a race or contest : lay odds 2. : to make a business of accepting bets * * * take bets on the outcome of an event figurative I wouldn t make book on it …   Useful english dictionary

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• make book — phrasal to accept bets at calculated odds on all the entrants in a race or contest …   New Collegiate Dictionary

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