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putting all one's eggs in one basket

putting all one's eggs in one basket is the present participle and gerund 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 putting all one's eggs in one basket

What is putting all one's eggs in one basket the present participle and gerund of?
Putting all one's eggs in one basket is the present participle and gerund of put all one's eggs in one basket.

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

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

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