put all your eggs in one basket

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Definitions of put all your eggs in one basket words

verbal expression put all your eggs in one basket rely on a single plan 1
phrase put all your eggs in one basket If someone puts all their eggs in one basket, they put all their effort or resources into doing one thing so that, if it fails, they have no alternatives left. 0

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A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 90% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.

Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

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