down the middle

idiom

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

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Murphy added that his Brewers began the season without eight of their top 13 arms and threw a lot of pitches down the middle of the plate. Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 31 Mar. 2025 La Sorted’s slides its dogs into potato buns, and splits the franks down the middle for extra char. Stephanie Breijo, Los Angeles Times, 30 Mar. 2025 Brock Nelson and Charlie Coyle have bolstered Colorado down the middle, but the club is also significantly healthier on the wings compared to the start of the season. James Mirtle, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2025 It’s split more than 25,000 Steam reviewers down the middle, so far, with the game getting precisely 50% positive reviews on the games service at the time of writing. Barry Collins, Forbes, 28 Feb. 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 11 Apr. 2025.

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