down the middle

idiom

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

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After a handball was called against Pumas midfielder Jose Caicedo, Suarez stepped up to the spot and gave Inter Miami a 59th-minute lead that would not be relinquished via a classy panenka down the middle.. Franco Panizo, Miami Herald, 7 Aug. 2025 Between two tall trees were a curtain of lights, with some dangling down the middle. Lily Kepner, Austin American Statesman, 30 July 2025 Martin, who is forty years old, was dressed like a Backstreet Boy, with a plaid shirt worn open over a tank top and wide-legged jeans, his short light-brown hair parted down the middle. Emily Witt, New Yorker, 24 July 2025 The aircraft then proceeded down the middle of the strait and by 1:30 a.m. on Wednesday had almost reached the southern end. Micah McCartney, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 July 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 21 Aug. 2025.

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