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foot in both camps

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*foot in both camps
Fig. an interest in or to support each of two opposing groups of people. (*Typically: get ~; have ~; give someone ~.) The shop steward had been promised a promotion and so had a foot in both camps during the strike—workers and management. Mr. Smith has a foot in both camps in the parent-teacher dispute. He teaches math, but he has a son at the school.
See also: both, camp, foot


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Industry sources said it would be natural for the question of British Energy to be raised in discussions with investors having a foot in both camps, but they were cautious about the extent to which Laidlaw would want to push the issue at this stage.
In a highly factionalised Middle East, where the US and Iran and their allies are struggling for dominance, Qatar is in a position of having a foot in both camps.
I suppose that you might say that I have a foot in both camps.
 
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