hedge one's bets (English, verb)
expansion: hedge one's bets (third-person singular simple present hedges one's bets, present participle hedging one's bets, simple past and past participle hedged one's bets)
Senses:
glosses: To place bets with a third party in order to offset potential losses.
glosses: To reduce the risk of making a mistake, by keeping one's options open.
tags: idiomatic
Forms:
form: hedges one's bets
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: hedging one's bets
tags: participle
present
form: hedged one's bets
tags: participle
past
form: hedged one's bets
tags: past