Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

hedging one's bets

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.89 in modern English

Syllables
hedg-ing one's -bets
IPA
23
Scrabble Score
15
Letters
3
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of hedge one's bets

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What does hedging one's bets mean?
present participle and gerund of hedge one's bets

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