hedge

/hedʒ/ v [I/T] (LIMIT)

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› to limit something severely: [T] Congressmen were warned against hedging their support for the missile program. › To hedge is also to try to avoid giving an answer or taking any action: [I] Officials continued to hedge on exactly when the program would begin.

(Definition of hedge v (LIMIT) from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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