hedge around/about

idiom

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

Examples of hedge around/about in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

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

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