dead center

idiom

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

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Finally, Narvaez stepped to the plate and crushed a 2-1 fastball 403 feet to dead center field. Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 15 Sep. 2025 Kurtz took the pitch just left of dead center field over the new batter’s eye that’s roughly 50 feet tall at Sutter Health Park toward the player’s parking lot. Chris Biderman, Sacbee.com, 14 Sep. 2025 Goodman launched closer JoJo Romero’s 3-1 sinker 436 feet to dead center. Patrick Saunders, Denver Post, 13 Aug. 2025 The ball traveled 417 feet to dead center against Blue Jays starter Chris Bassitt. Jackson Roberts, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Aug. 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 21 Sep. 2025.

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