it was both

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diamondcutter

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Principal Klutz had no hair at all!
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“Did all your hair fall out of your head,” I asked, “or did you cut it off?” Everybody laughed, even though I didn’t say anything funny. Miss Daisy looked at me with a mean face. “Actually, it was both,” Principal Klutz replied with a chuckle.

Source: Miss Daisy Is Crazy, by Dan Gutman

I think “it was both” can be paraphrased as follows.

It was relevant to both reasons.
Or
It was caused by two reasons.

Am I right?
 

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It means that both statements are true.
 
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