down the middle

idiom

: into two equal parts
Slice the banana right down the middle.

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To shrink a full-size plane down to scale, NASA and Boeing worked with NextGen Aeronautics, which designed and fabricated a complex model resembling an aircraft divided down the middle, with one 13-foot wing, according to details. Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 22 Dec. 2025 Nathan MacKinnon, Brock Nelson, ROR and Jack Drury down the middle would be the best in the NHL, maybe in several years. Corey Masisak, Denver Post, 21 Dec. 2025 The Wall of Death, incidentally, involves splitting the crowd down the middle, creating a channel of space, and then having the two sides charge across it like clashing medieval armies. James Parker, The Atlantic, 16 Dec. 2025 Once the glue has cooled, scrunch the fabric down the middle to create a bowtie shape. Lauren Bengtson, Better Homes & Gardens, 16 Dec. 2025 See All Example Sentences for down the middle

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“Down the middle.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/down%20the%20middle. Accessed 2 Jan. 2026.

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