both
UK /bəwθ/US /boʊθ/
conjunction2
determiner1
pronoun1
Phrases with both
- best of both worldsA combination of two seemingly contradictory benefits.
- butter one's bread on both sidesTo profit from two things at the same time, especially when those things seem contradictory or incompatible.
- cut both waysTo have both benefits and drawbacks.
- swing both waysTo be bisexual.
- take one's courage in both handsTo summon up one's courage in readiness for a difficult or dangerous action.
- with both handsWillingly; readily.
- worst of both worldsA solution or scenario which combines the disadvantages of two opposed prior solutions, often having been intended to combine their benefits instead.