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both ways

adjective

  1. another term for each way
  2. have it both ways
    usually with a negative to try to get the best of a situation, argument, etc, by chopping and changing between alternatives or opposites
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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The leader of the sovereigntist party, which only runs candidates in Quebec, did urge Carney to avoid pressing the province on certain issues, noting that collaboration goes both ways.

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Upton Lane remains closed both ways between Kitchener Road and Chaucer Road.

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The Cleveland Browns have the second pick and their general manager Andrew Berry has compared Hunter to baseball's two-way star Shohei Ohtani, adding that "you get a unicorn if you use him both ways".

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The flimsy "antisemitism" excuse suggests the Trump administration is trying to have it both ways.

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"Whether Mr Bridgen will ultimately succeed on his pleaded case in establishing the fact he alleges is likely to depend on a full examination of the evidence both ways, including how Mr Hancock explains his opinion in due course, if he chooses to do so, or the inferences to be drawn if he does not," she said.

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