even (sth) out
— phrasal verb with even uk/ˈiː.vən/us/ˈiː.vən/verb [ T ]
to become equal, or to make something equal:
The league is divided into two skill levels in order to even out the competition.
More examples
- Her brother also won a scholarship, which evened things out nicely.
- A last-minute goal by Spain evened out the score to 2-2.
- There are far more flowers in that vase than in this one - we'd better even them out a bit.
- It's not fair if Carl has a lot more jobs to do than you, so let's even things out a bit.
- Instead of having six interviews one day and just one the next day, can't we even them out?
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Being or appearing similar or the same
- a passing resemblance idiom
- agree
- answer
- ballpark
- be in good company idiom
- be in the same ballpark idiom
- be nothing/not much/very little in it idiom
- be two of a kind idiom
- company
- correspond
- equalize
- equalizer
- even
- flatline
- homologous
- homologous series
- in line with sth idiom
- line
- match up
- mirror
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