balance (sth) out/up
— phrasal verb with balance uk/ˈbæl.əns/us/ˈbæl.əns/verb
to be equal in amount or value, or to make things equal in amount or value:
I spend a lot one month and not so much the next and in the end it balances out.
We'd better ask a few men to the party to balance up the numbers.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Balance and imbalance
- accord
- accord with sth
- align
- alignment
- balance of power
- balanced
- compatible
- harmonize
- harmony
- imbalance
- jar
- jarring
- offset
- on an even keel idiom
- one man's loss is another man's gain idiom
- realign
- square (sth) with sth
- strike a balance idiom
- symmetry
- wash
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