best/surest/safest bet
noun
: something that is most likely to happen or be successful
If you want to get there early, your best/surest/safest bet is to take a different road.
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To help with that transition, your best bet is to move your bedtime gradually, advised Kline.
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Cathy Nelson, Health, 10 July 2025
So Bryant figured going back to the HotelPlanner Tour — where the top 20 players at the end of the season get DP World Tour cards for ’26 — would be his best bet.
—Kyle Newman, Denver Post, 9 July 2025
With limited availability in the immediate area, your best bet will be to park north of Union Station and take the KC Streetcar to the Union Station stop.
—Dan Kelly
july 3, Kansas City Star, 3 July 2025
So the best bet for getting a prescription filled is by purchasing it in nearby Ohio.
—Jolene Almendarez, The Enquirer, 2 July 2025
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Cathy Nelson, Health, 10 July 2025
So Bryant figured going back to the HotelPlanner Tour — where the top 20 players at the end of the season get DP World Tour cards for ’26 — would be his best bet.
—Kyle Newman, Denver Post, 9 July 2025
With limited availability in the immediate area, your best bet will be to park north of Union Station and take the KC Streetcar to the Union Station stop.
—Dan Kelly
july 3, Kansas City Star, 3 July 2025
So the best bet for getting a prescription filled is by purchasing it in nearby Ohio.
—Jolene Almendarez, The Enquirer, 2 July 2025
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“Best/surest/safest bet.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/best%2Fsurest%2Fsafest%20bet. Accessed 16 Jul. 2025.
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