Bet on passion in rebound
I believe the answer is:
backfire
'rebound' is the definition.
(thesaurus)
'bet on passion' is the wordplay.
'bet' becomes 'back' (I've seen this in other clues).
'on' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'passion' becomes 'fire' (fire is a kind of passion).
'back'+'fire'='BACKFIRE'
'in' is the link.
(Other definitions for backfire that I've seen before include "Rebound adversely (on the originator)" , "Be self-defeating" , "Have the opposite and damaging effect to that intended" , "Go wrong" , "Come home to roost" .)