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each-way

each-way is the alternative form of each way.

Meaning of each way

Adjective

each way (not comparable)

  1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see each, way.
  2. (Australia, New Zealand, UK) For either a win or a place in a competition.
    • According to the Crown's case, in pursuance of this scheme, a slip was handed in by Humphreys on Saturday, Feb. 6, 1965, for a five shilling each way Yankee bet coupled with a twenty shilling each way bet on one of the horses.1966, Justice of the peace and local government review reports

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Questions about each-way

What is each-way the alternative form of?
Each-way is the alternative form of each way.

Words near each-way in the dictionary

  1. each other
  2. each other's
  3. each to his own
  4. each to their own
  5. each way
  6. each-way
  7. eacha
  8. eaches
  9. eachother
  10. Eachus
  11. Eachuses

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