Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

put all one's eggs in one basket

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.80 in modern English

Syllables: put al-l one's eg-gs in one bas-ket
IPA

35

Scrabble Score

25

Letters

4

Syllables

13

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To rely on a single source (as of income), rather than diversifying.

Example Sentences

"They felt that buying more real estate than they already had would be putting all their eggs in one basket."
"Fortunately, Bryant ignored that advice and doubled down on his dream. “I thought, ‘If this is so hard to accomplish, how in the world am I going to accomplish it if I don’t put all my eggs in one basket? If I don’t focus 100 percent on this, I’m never going to get there.’”"
"BR had a policy of not putting all of its eggs in one basket when it came to procuring rolling stock, with locomotives and multiple units built by a variety of manufacturers."

Inflected Forms

puts all one's eggs in one basket (present, singular) putting all one's eggs in one basket (participle, present)

Phrases

all one's eggs in one basket don't put all your eggs in one basket

Frequently Paired Words

all one's eggs in one basket don't put all your eggs in one basket

Questions

What does put all one's eggs in one basket mean?: To rely on a single source (as of income), rather than diversifying.

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