单词 | even-steven |
释义 | even-stevenor e·ven-Ste·ven[ ee-vuhn-stee-vuhn ] / ˈi vənˈsti vən / SEE SYNONYMS FOR even-steven ON THESAURUS.COM adjective Informal.having no balance of debt on either side; even in the setting of accounts. having an equal chance or score; tied. Origin of even-stevenFirst recorded in 1865–70; rhyming compound based on even1 Words nearby even-steveneven out, even permutation, evens, even so, evensong, even-steven, event, even-tempered, eventful, event horizon, eventide Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Idioms and Phrases with even-steveneven-steven Exactly equal; also, with nothing due or owed on either side. For example, I've paid it all back, so now we're even-steven. This rhyming phrase is used as an intensive for even. [Mid-1800s] The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. |
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