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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Keep in Mind For durability, your best bet may be to choose a light color option.
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Kathleen Felton, Better Homes & Gardens, 18 June 2025
Your best bet to minimize your interest payments regardless of what the Fed does is to try to get a 0% balance transfer card that will give you up to 21 months to pay off your balance interest free.
—Jeanne Sahadi, CNN Money, 18 June 2025
But if Trump is committed to a nuclear-free Iran, his best bet is to get the Iranians and Israelis to stop the war and bring Tehran back to the negotiating table.
—Ali Vaez, Foreign Affairs, 16 June 2025
Pick-ups this week will be at the IMT Lake Mary apartment complex clubhouse, where walk-ins are welcome but ordering ahead is always your best bet.
—Amy Drew Thompson, The Orlando Sentinel, 4 June 2025
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Kathleen Felton, Better Homes & Gardens, 18 June 2025
Your best bet to minimize your interest payments regardless of what the Fed does is to try to get a 0% balance transfer card that will give you up to 21 months to pay off your balance interest free.
—Jeanne Sahadi, CNN Money, 18 June 2025
But if Trump is committed to a nuclear-free Iran, his best bet is to get the Iranians and Israelis to stop the war and bring Tehran back to the negotiating table.
—Ali Vaez, Foreign Affairs, 16 June 2025
Pick-ups this week will be at the IMT Lake Mary apartment complex clubhouse, where walk-ins are welcome but ordering ahead is always your best bet.
—Amy Drew Thompson, The Orlando Sentinel, 4 June 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 25 Jun. 2025.
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