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puts all one's eggs in one basket

puts all one's eggs in one basket is the third-person singular simple present indicative of put all one's eggs in one basket.

Meaning of put all one's eggs in one basket

Verb

put all one's eggs in one basket (third-person singular simple present puts all one's eggs in one basket, present participle putting all one's eggs in one basket, simple past and past participle put all one's eggs in one basket)

  1. (idiomatic) To rely on a single source (as of income), rather than diversifying.
    • They felt that buying more real estate than they already had would be putting all their eggs in one basket.

Questions about puts all one's eggs in one basket

What is puts all one's eggs in one basket the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Puts all one's eggs in one basket is the third-person singular simple present indicative of put all one's eggs in one basket.

Words near puts all one's eggs in one basket in the dictionary

  1. puts a spoke in someone's wheel
  2. puts a stop to
  3. puts about
  4. puts across
  5. puts ahead
  6. puts all one's eggs in one basket
  7. puts an egg in one's shoe and beats it
  8. puts an end to
  9. puts around
  10. puts aside
  11. puts asunder

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