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idiomsb serves two mastersused in order to say that someone must live according to two different ideas, or be loyal to two different groups at the same time, especially when this is difficult:BBC magazines must do their best to serve two masters: the viewing public and the government. Between 1964 and 1970 the Labour government tried to serve two masters. It tried to support capitalism, but it could not make its policy acceptable to the trade unions on whom it depended.
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