Today’s “Phrase of the Day” is hedge one’s bets and its meaning is “sidestep the issue at hand, be non-committal, be evasive, be indecisive, hesitate (to deal with a difficulty nearby)”.
Example Sentence: After getting bogged down in Ukraine and West Asia, the U.S. has less focus on East Asia. Consequently, if a broader geopolitical understanding between the U.S. and China on East Asia was to come about, it would constrict the space for India. East Asian countries are already hedging their bets.
This phrase is present in India’s presence amid a broken template of geopolitics and click here to read it.
Courtesy: The Hindu
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