down the middle

idiom

: into two equal parts
Slice the banana right down the middle.

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Kljestan put it down the middle to give the road team a 1-0 lead. Daniel Sperry, Kansas City Star, 20 Mar. 2025 Cut squash in half, starting from the stem down the middle. Catharine Kaufman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Mar. 2025 This Instagram-worthy bunker sits front-and-center on the hole, positioned to swallow drives down the middle of the fairway. Erik Matuszewski, Forbes, 8 Mar. 2025 Bo Horvat, Barzal, Pageau and Casey Cizikas down the middle isn’t shabby; if Ritchie can force his way into the conversation within a year or two, even less so. Arthur Staple, The Athletic, 8 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for down the middle

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“Down the middle.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/down%20the%20middle. Accessed 26 Mar. 2025.

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