dead center

idiom

: in the exact center
She hung the picture dead center on the wall.

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After a pair of singles to begin its home half of the first, junior Avery Beach smashed a three-run homer to dead center that cleared the fence by over ten feet. Mike Waters, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 11 May 2025 Story got things started by cranking a three-run home run to dead center field in the bottom of the first. Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 18 Apr. 2025 Steering is slow, particularly coming off top dead center, a good trait in an off-roading situation, like crawling over culverts and ditches or crossing a short bridge comprised of two felled trees. Mark Ewing, Forbes.com, 15 Apr. 2025 Or Gavin Sheets’ tying, full-count, pinch hit home run to dead center. Dennis Lin, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for dead center

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“Dead center.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dead%20center. Accessed 23 May. 2025.

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