English Explanatory Dictionary

a bob each way

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A situation of hedging one's bets, refusing to commit to either side of a question.

Word forms

a bob each way two bob each way

Etymology

A phrase from gambling. See bob (“shilling”) and the gambling sense at each way.

Related words

six of one, half a dozen of the other
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