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Definition hedge your bets in British English

hedge your bets phrase

phrase
1

to organize a situation so that you have several choices available to you, in order to increase your chances of success

Example

People are evidently hedging their bets, looking to the future but not yet prepared to give up the past.

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Definition hedge your bets in British English