hedge one's bets
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hedge one's bets
verb hedges one's bets · hedging one's bets · hedged one's bets
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To place bets with a third party in order to offset potential losses.
Similar: lay off
- To reduce the risk of making a mistake by keeping one's options open. Whether Glass will ever become a mass-market product, and smartglasses take off, is still unclear. Google is hedging its bets, however, with its new Android Wear and smartwatch initiative which is expected to be shown off at Google’s I/O developer conference in San Francisco later this week.
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verb to curtail risk by avoiding commitment
| Español | minimizar riesgos, asegurar la jugada, ir por la segura, cubrir las apuestas |
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| 日本語 | 賭けをヘッジする kake o hejji-suru |
| Français | assurer ses arrières |
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