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hedge one's bets

To reduce the risk of making a mistake, by keeping one's options open.
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Submitted on September 01, 2009

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hedge one's betsTo place bets with a third party in order to offset potential losses.
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hold one's breathhit one's stridehave time on one's sidehave the time of one's lifehave one's wayhave one's wicked wayhit above one's weighthold one's waterhit one out of the ballparkhave the time of one's lifehoist by one's own petardhave seen one's dayhave one's wits about onehitch one's wagon to a star

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