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hedge
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hedge noun caution, circumspection, course of prooection, equivocation, hesitancy, hesitation, instrumentality of protection, means of protection, method of protection, prevention against loss, prevention of downside, protection against loss, safeguard
Associated concepts: hedge laws, hedges encroaching on another, hedge against inflation, notice of appeal as hedge against loss, person's property
hedge verb be careful, be cautious, border, bound, circle, circumscribe, compass, conceal, cover, delimit, delineate, demarcate, divide, dodge, edge, enclose, encompass, ensphere, evade, fence, flank, girdle, guard, hide, limit, mark off, outline, play safe, render safe, ring, safeguard, screen, shelter, shield, surround
See also: deceive, equivocate, evade, outbalance, parry, prevaricate, protection, shelter, tergiversate
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The area is insufficiently lit and "closed in", especially on the Stoney Stanton Road side, where the grassy and hedgy areas of Swanswell Park are very close to the main road.
Letter: Regeneration area isn't safe by Coventry Evening Telegraph (England)
The statement is repetitive, and there's a hedgy verbosity, as if she doesn't want to commit herself because she hasn't decided how much she will admit to.
A modern mystery by guardian.co.uk / guardian.co.uk
 
 
 
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