How to Use all bets are off in a Sentence

all bets are off

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• This is a time when all bets are off about what tables are going to work and not work.
  — Fortune Editors, Fortune, 29 Oct. 2025
• If energy prices move us towards the 'severe' scenario, all bets are off.
  — Chloe Taylor, CNBC, 27 Mar. 2026
• Should a new criminal charge be made after the current investigation, all bets are off.
  — Culture Critic, Los Angeles Times, 21 Mar. 2026
• Chili purists say there’s no place for beans in real chili, but since this recipe already bucks tradition by using turkey instead of ground beef, all bets are off.
  — Riley Wofford, Martha Stewart, 9 Jan. 2026
• Hal has been pushing for Kate to take over as vice president, but with the presidential death suddenly all bets are off.
  — Leigh Nordstrom, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2019
• The report predicted a possible pickup in employment this year, but any prolonged conflict in the Middle East means all bets are off.
  — Los Angeles Times, 13 Mar. 2026
• The latter are something that Mafty wants to recruit, so the initial operation is part of that gambit, but by the end of the film, all bets are off, and the precarious abilities of Newtypes come to the fore.
  — Ollie Barder, Forbes.com, 30 Jan. 2026
• But more billionaires like Buffett funneling their fortunes into heritage publications—while the media world around them becomes ever-the-more digital—may signal that not all bets are off for papers.
  — Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 19 Feb. 2026
• At the same time, 2022’s Scream introduced audiences to Billy Loomis’s secret love child — Sam Carpenter (Melissa Barrera), conspicuously missing here — so all bets are off.
  — Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 27 Feb. 2026