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beat the spread

French translation: gagner haut la main


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English term or phrase:beat the spread
French translation:gagner haut la main
Entered by: AM Larrieu
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11:36 Sep 29, 2007
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Sports / Fitness / Recreation
English term or phrase: beat the spread
"Did we beat the spread?"
une idée du sens ? merci.
Sylvia Rochonnat
France
Local time: 07:43
gagner haut la main
Explanation:
cf.:http://www.phrases.org.uk/bulletin_board/54/messages/245.htm...
It is a gambling concept.
If two unequal sports teams are playing each other the gambling syndicates will try to even thing out by giving the lesser rated of the teams a head start so as to make things even from the start.
If team A is a better team than team B, then team B is given a head start in the form of points.
So, for instance, in the game of football team B would be given, say, a 3 point advantage from the start. If the final score is team A 9 points and team B 7 points then team B is the winner ( 7 plus 3 equals 10 ) for betting purposes because team A did not "beat the spread"--the spread being 3 points.
The final score would have to have been 11 to 7 for team A to win--team A would have beaten the spread.
So hopefully you can see that it is true in gambling circles that it is not whether you win the game outright but you must also beat the spread to win.
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AM Larrieu
Local time: 07:43
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Merci à tous.
Ceci est plus explicite dans mon contexte.
3 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
5gagner haut la main
AM Larrieu
3 +1battre le handicap
FX Fraipont
4explanation
Emma Paulay


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41 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
explanation


Explanation:
Je ne saurai pas le traduire, mais le lien ci-dessous explique très bien de quoi il s'agit - d'une sorte de handicap pour les paris.


    Reference: http://www.predictem.com/nba/spread.php
Emma Paulay
France
Local time: 07:43
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 11
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56 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
gagner haut la main


Explanation:
cf.:http://www.phrases.org.uk/bulletin_board/54/messages/245.htm...
It is a gambling concept.
If two unequal sports teams are playing each other the gambling syndicates will try to even thing out by giving the lesser rated of the teams a head start so as to make things even from the start.
If team A is a better team than team B, then team B is given a head start in the form of points.
So, for instance, in the game of football team B would be given, say, a 3 point advantage from the start. If the final score is team A 9 points and team B 7 points then team B is the winner ( 7 plus 3 equals 10 ) for betting purposes because team A did not "beat the spread"--the spread being 3 points.
The final score would have to have been 11 to 7 for team A to win--team A would have beaten the spread.
So hopefully you can see that it is true in gambling circles that it is not whether you win the game outright but you must also beat the spread to win.


AM Larrieu
Local time: 07:43
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in category: 3
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Merci à tous.
Ceci est plus explicite dans mon contexte.
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
battre le handicap


Explanation:
"It is a gambling concept.
If two unequal sports teams are playing each other the gambling syndicates will try to even thing out by giving the lesser rated of the teams a head start so as to make things even from the start.
If team A is a better team than team B, then team B is given a head start in the form of points.
So, for instance, in the game of football team B would be given, say, a 3 point advantage from the start. If the final score is team A 9 points and team B 7 points then team B is the winner ( 7 plus 3 equals 10 ) for betting purposes because team A did not "beat the spread"--the spread being 3 points.
The final score would have to have been 11 to 7 for team A to win--team A would have beaten the spread.
So hopefully you can see that it is true in gambling circles that it is not whether you win the game outright but you must also beat the spread to win."
http://www.phrases.org.uk/bulletin_board/54/messages/245.htm...

http://forum.tuyaux-sportifs.com/viewtopic.php?p=185333&sid=...

FX Fraipont
Belgium
Local time: 07:43
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in category: 328

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agree  xxxhelene_d: Glad to finally know what this means. great explanation
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Changes made by editors
Oct 4, 2007 - Changes made by AM Larrieu:
Edited KOG entrySylvia Rochonnat's old entry - "beat the spread" => "gagner haut la main "


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