fifty-fifty

fifty-fifty
adj., adv.
VERBS
be
divide sth, go, split sth

We'll divide the profit fifty-fifty.

We went fifty-fifty on the meal.

ADVERB
about, around, roughly

The chances of reaching the survivors in time are about fifty-fifty.

Fifty-fifty is used with these nouns: ↑chance

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