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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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“You can’t have it both ways,” Levin said.

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Far-right Christians in politics certainly want to have it both ways.

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But European elites too often try to have it both ways with Russia; they are hopelessly addicted to Russian energy, and Germany above all was the leading proponent of the Vladimir Putin-empowering Nord Stream 2 natural gas pipeline.

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The disbelief he was in Los Angeles cut both ways, excitement for the new opportunity and shock that a trade could even happen.

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This could cut both ways: The breaded chicken strips atop the lo mein noodles tasted like, well, regular chicken tenders — totally average.

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