"down the middle" meaning in English

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Adjective

Forms: more down the middle [comparative], most down the middle [superlative]
Head templates: {{en-adj}} down the middle (comparative more down the middle, superlative most down the middle)
  1. Centrist; not leaning too heavily in favor of a particular political, religious, etc. persuasion.
    Sense id: en-down_the_middle-en-adj-AO6VZ~5c

Prepositional phrase

Head templates: {{head|en|prepositional phrase|head=}} down the middle, {{en-PP}} down the middle
  1. Divided into two equal parts.
    Sense id: en-down_the_middle-en-prep_phrase-L1EufrOj Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 42 58 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 24 76 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 14 86
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