wear two hats
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“Margot’s ability to wear two hats and switch between them instantaneously is remarkable,” says her LuckyChap partner and “Barbie” co-producer Tom Ackerley.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 9, 2024
He said they had to wear two hats: One was two grieving sons ... two was the royal hat: show no emotion, get out there, meet the people and shake their hands.
From Reuters ● Dec. 8, 2022
“I wear two hats, and on this occasion I had to wear one. It’s clearly good governance.”
From New York Times ● Jul. 23, 2016
Since the television group is being sold, the opportunity to wear two hats will be gone.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 23, 2013
Yes, and I verily believe he'd put his coat on inside out, or wear two hats, or do something horrible, if he were thinking very hard of the Pleistocene period.
From The Jolliest Term on Record A Story of School Life by Angela Brazil
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