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down the middle

down the middle prepositional phrase: divided into two equal parts.

Prepositional phrase

  1. Divided into two equal parts.

Adjective

down the middle (comparative more down the middle, superlative most down the middle)

  1. Centrist; not leaning too heavily in favor of a particular political, religious, etc. persuasion.
    • Mr. Prevost, who described himself to Mr. Morgan as a “MAGA type,” said the new pope was “much more liberal” than he was — although, when asked, he said that he would not necessarily call his brother “woke.” He said he expected Leo XIV to play things “down the middle.”2025 May 13, Richard Fausset, quoting Louis Prevost, “The Pope’s Florida Brother, a MAGA Disciple, Plans to ‘Tone It Down’”, in The New York Times, →ISSN

Forms of down the middle

comparativemore down the middle
superlativemost down the middle

Questions about down the middle

What does down the middle mean?
Down the middle means divided into two equal parts.
What part of speech is down the middle?
Down the middle can be a prepositional phrase or an adjective.

Words near down the middle in the dictionary

  1. down the gurgler
  2. down the hatch
  3. down the house
  4. down the khazi
  5. down the line
  6. down the middle
  7. down the pan
  8. down the plughole
  9. down the road
  10. down the road, not across the street
  11. down the shitter

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