down the middle

Speech parts

1. down the middle - Adjective

2. down the middle - Phrase

Meaning

down the middle

Divided into two equal parts.

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

Centrist; not leaning too heavily in favor of a particular political, religious, etc. persuasion.

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Synonyms

half-and-half

Examples

Or from Browning some 'Pomegranate,' which if cut deep down the middle Shows a heart within blood-tinctured, of a veined humanity. Elizabeth Barrett Browning

Does such a thing as "the fatal flaw," that showy dark crack running down the middle of a life, exist outside literature? Donna Tartt

Many of the Iroquois and Huron houses were of similar construction, the partitions being at the sides only, leaving a wide passage down the middle of the house. Francis Parkman

We hang on to every line, And walk straight down the middle of it. Kate Bush

and I try to draw the line but it ends up running down the middle of me most of the time. Ani DiFranco

I don't see pitches down the middle anymore - not even in batting practice. Hank Aaron

Words in the phrase

down the middle

Close letter words and terms

down the khazi Down the line down the local down the pan down the pike down the rabbit hole