hedge your bets

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to avoid committing to one option so that you cannot lose

잃지 않으려고 한쪽에만 걸지 않다.

예문

1. 1I've applied to three universities to hedge my bets.
2. 2The shop is hedging its bets by selling online as well as on the high street.
3. 3Not knowing which band would turn up, the organisers hedged their bets and printed two sets of posters.
4. 4Tom is hedging his bets by booking two holidays and cancelling one later.
5. 5Why not hedge your bets and bring both a coat and sun cream?

문법

hedge와 your가 바뀐다: hedges, hedging, hedged; hedged their bets. bets는 복수로 둔다. 방법은 흔히 by와 -ing 형으로 나타낸다.

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