a bob each way
nounEtymology
A phrase from gambling. See bob (“shilling”) and the gambling sense at each way.
Definitions
A situation of hedging one's bets, refusing to commit to either side of a question.
- Of course the member for St. Albans says, both. He likes to have a bob each way, which is in keeping with the statement he made the other day in this debate.
The neighborhood
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for a bob each way. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
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