Usually means: Most likely to succeed option.
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  1. best bet: Merriam-Webster
  2. best bet: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  3. best bet: Wiktionary
  4. best bet: Dictionary.com
  5. Best Bet, The Best Bet: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia

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  1. best bet: Idioms

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Definitions from Wiktionary (best bet)

▸ noun:  (idiomatic) The best proposal or plan.

Similar:
first choice, pick, foreset, prop, best practice, perfecta, runner, plan A, prospect, foredeal, more...

Opposite:
worst option, least likely, riskiest choice

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Similar:
first choice, pick, foreset, prop, best practice, perfecta, runner, plan A, prospect, foredeal, more...

Opposite:
worst option, least likely, riskiest choice



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