wear two hats en · VERB
Meanings
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(idiomatic) To have two different roles.
Shepard: I wear a lot of hats, Mr. Vargas. Some days I shut down criminals. Some days I defuse nukes. Some days I like to enjoy private vices. You understand me?
2008, BioWare, Mass Effect (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →ISBN, →OCLC, PC, scene: Noveria:Many a person wears two hats in daily life: friend and coworker, student and teacher, wife and mother, husband and father.
The policeman wore two hats, having an administrative role as well as patrolling the beat.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| wore two hats | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| wearing two hats | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| wears two hats | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| worn two hats | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic |
Relateds
alternative metaphors: bottlewasher · factotum · double-hat · triple-hat · wear too many hats · too many balls in the air · on one's plate · coinstantiate