dead center

idiom

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

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Alec Bohm’s 428-foot, two-run homer to dead center put Philly ahead 4-3. Patrick Saunders, Denver Post, 19 May 2025 But the Dodgers needed just four batters to match that with Andy Pages belting a three-run homer, his ninth of the season, to dead center in the bottom of the inning. Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 18 May 2025 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 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 28 May. 2025.

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