dead center

idiom

: in the exact center
She hung the picture dead center on the wall.

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Steering is slow, particularly coming off top dead center, a good trait in an off-roading situation, like crawling over culverts and ditches or crossing a short bridge comprised of two felled trees. Mark Ewing, Forbes.com, 15 Apr. 2025 Or Gavin Sheets’ tying, full-count, pinch hit home run to dead center. Dennis Lin, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2025 On this day, director Jeffrey Lo and book, music and lyrics creator Min Kahng plopped dead center at their work station as the chaos and mirth of a new musical exploded around them. David John Chávez, The Mercury News, 2 Mar. 2025 The building is dead center in an elliptical suburban office park where the roads leading up to it and the parking that surrounds it are arranged in perfect symmetry. Diana Budds, Curbed, 24 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for dead center

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“Dead center.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dead%20center. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.

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