Talk:run for one's money

Etymology
In case it helps: John Camden Hotten's Slang Dictionary (1873) has this:


 * RUN FOR THE MONEY, TO HAVE A, to have a start given in with a bet. As 20 to 1 against Doncaster, with a RUN given. See P.P. To have a RUN FOR ONE'S MONEY is also to have a good determined struggle for anything.

Equinox ◑ 20:52, 30 September 2021 (UTC)