dead center

idiom

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

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After fouling off a 2-2 fastball to stay alive, Buxton got all of a slider off the outside edge, hammering it off the stairs of the second deck in dead center field. Dan Hayes, New York Times, 11 June 2025 In the bottom of the sixth, Seattle center fielder Julio Rodríguez robbed Taylor of a two-run home run to dead center field. Benjamin Royer, Los Angeles Times, 7 June 2025 So of course Judge hit a home run his first time up on Friday night, top of the first, dead center, and then Ohtani matched him with one of his own leading off the bottom of the first, with a solo encore in the sixth. Mike Lupica, New York Daily News, 31 May 2025 His huge swing sends misfortunate pitches up to the second deck of Citi Field, or past dead center of road ballparks packed with expat Mets fans. Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 29 Apr. 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 3 Jul. 2025.

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