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Middle of the road

adj, noun

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Having a centrist attitude or philosophy; not extreme, especially politically. idiomatic

    "A typical middle of the road compromise is to leave the problem as it is."

  2. 2
    Of a type of melodic popular music that has wide appeal. derogatory, sometimes

    "Damon Albarn has disappointed fans expecting the third Adele album to take a drill’n’bass direction by saying that the tracks he has heard are “very middle of the road”."

Noun
  1. 1
    The middle; the average. idiomatic, uncountable

    "If us two competed together, we'd probably score just barely under the middle of the road."

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