fifty-fifty
fifty-fifty: divided into two equal parts
Examples of FIFTY-FIFTY
- We’ve got, I’d say, a better than fifty-fifty chance of winning the game.
- The odds are the same for a heads or a tails to come up, they’re fifty-fifty.
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little by little
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to fill out
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