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单词 toss-up
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toss-up


Thesaurus
Noun1.toss-up - an unpredictable phenomenontoss-up - an unpredictable phenomenon; "it's a toss-up whether he will win or lose"even chance, tossupfortune, hazard, luck, chance - an unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that causes an event to result one way rather than another; "bad luck caused his downfall"; "we ran into each other by pure chance"
Translations

toss-up


a toss-up

A situation in which the outcome cannot be predicted or a decision between two things is very close. I don't know which team will win. Both have done so well this season that it's a real toss-up. Should I take the entry level position, or go back to school? It's really a toss-up in my mind.

toss-up

n. a matter of chance. (As predictable as the outcome of the toss of a coin.) Nobody knew what to do. It was a toss-up.

toss-up


toss-up

Drug slang
A regional term for a woman who trades sex for crack or money to buy crack.
 
Medical ethics
A medical decision in which the difference between the outcomes from following one strategy (e.g., screening or treating) or another (e.g., not screening or not treating) is negligible and the caring physician is faced with decision which could thus be decided by a coin toss.
 
Vox populi
Vomitus; puke up.

toss-up

Drug slang A ♀ who trades sex for crack or money to buy crack. See Pill whore Medical ethics A medical decision in which the difference between the outcomes following one strategy–eg, screening, or treating vs another–not screening, or not treating is negligible and the caring physician is faced with a 'heads you win, ' 'tails you lose' decision, popularly termed a 'tossup. '. See Clinical decision-making Vox populi Vomitus.

toss-up


Related to toss-up: try out, fall off, call on, outlined, in favor, overhyped, scrutinised
  • noun

Synonyms for toss-up

noun an unpredictable phenomenon

Synonyms

  • even chance
  • tossup

Related Words

  • fortune
  • hazard
  • luck
  • chance
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