"a bob each way" meaning in English

{
  "etymology_text": "A phrase from gambling. See bob (“shilling”) and the gambling sense at each way.",
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  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1965, New Zealand. Parliament, Parliamentary Debates. House of Representatives, page 577:",
          "text": "Of course the member for St. Albans says, both. He likes to have a bob each way, which is in keeping with the statement he made the other day in this debate.",
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A situation of hedging one's bets, refusing to commit to either side of a question."
      ],
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          "hedging one's bets",
          "hedge one's bets"
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          "commit",
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(colloquial, UK, Australia, New Zealand) A situation of hedging one's bets, refusing to commit to either side of a question."
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "six of one, half a dozen of the other"
        }
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "two bob each way"
        }
      ],
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        "Australia",
        "New-Zealand",
        "UK",
        "colloquial"
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    }
  ],
  "word": "a bob each way"
}

{
  "etymology_text": "A phrase from gambling. See bob (“shilling”) and the gambling sense at each way.",
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  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "six of one, half a dozen of the other"
    }
  ],
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        "Australian English",
        "British English",
        "English colloquialisms",
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        "New Zealand English",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1965, New Zealand. Parliament, Parliamentary Debates. House of Representatives, page 577:",
          "text": "Of course the member for St. Albans says, both. He likes to have a bob each way, which is in keeping with the statement he made the other day in this debate.",
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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A situation of hedging one's bets, refusing to commit to either side of a question."
      ],
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          "hedge one's bets"
        ],
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          "commit",
          "commit"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(colloquial, UK, Australia, New Zealand) A situation of hedging one's bets, refusing to commit to either side of a question."
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        "Australia",
        "New-Zealand",
        "UK",
        "colloquial"
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  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "two bob each way"
    }
  ],
  "word": "a bob each way"
}