run with the hare and hunt (ride) with the hounds

[run with the hare and hunt (ride) with the hounds] {v. phr.}

To appear to support both parties in a conflict; to conduct things in ambiguous ways.

* /Critics accused the king of running with the hare and hunting with the hounds./

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Source: A Dictionary of American Idioms


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