strike a medium

Verb

strike a medium (third-person singular simple present strikes a medium, present participle striking a medium, simple past struck a medium, past participle struck a medium or (rare or archaic) stricken a medium)

1. To choose or provide a moderate option between two extremes.
   • […] in references, where the consent of the parties leave the referees entire masters of the subject, they commonly discover so much equity and justice on both sides, as induces them to strike a medium, and divide the difference betwixt the parties.1740, David Hume, A Treatise of Human Nature, London: John Noon, Volume 3, Part 2, Section 6, p. 127
   • The telephone, as a conveyor of unwelcome messages, strikes a medium between the letter by mail and the face-to-face interview.1919, Henry Blake Fuller, chapter 14, in Bertram Cope’s Year, Chicago: R.F. Seymour, page 139

   Synonyms:

   strike a balance