hedge around/about

phrase

British
: to limit or restrict (something)
—usually used as (be) hedged
—usually + with or by
Their offer is so hedged around with conditions that it hardly seems worthwhile.
a rule that is hedged about by exceptions

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And on top of all that, leveraged ETFs on MicroStrategy stock itself then have to hedge around the daily price moves. — Michael Santoli, CNBC, 7 Dec. 2024 Jamaica capers serve as a good hedge around the house and host larvae for the Florida white butterfly. — Lois K. Solomon, Sun Sentinel, 18 Nov. 2022 For the fiscal year that will end March 31, the airline had planned to hedge about 51% of its jet-fuel requirements in Singapore Jet Kerosene at a weighted average price of $74 a barrel. — Kyunghee Park, Bloomberg.com, 6 Nov. 2020

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“Hedge around/about.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hedge%20around%2Fabout. Accessed 28 Sep. 2026.

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