dead level
Example Sentences
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Verily he speaks the truth, with the scores dead level on 8½ apiece.
From BBC • Feb. 14, 2015
The Hangover Part II was dead level with the previous weekend, and even Transformers: Dark of the Moon only fell 27% from its monster opening.
From The Guardian • Jul. 12, 2011
Millreef and TheVic contrived to finish dead level after Friday's three races, despite starting the day on different totals and each finding a different winner.
From The Guardian • Apr. 19, 2010
Congressman Vinson, who has always tried to do his level best for Franklin Roosevelt, drawled: "We have done our dead level best to ... be helpful to business recovery."
From Time Magazine Archive
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"I found a wild bee gum down thar," he went on in a dead, level tone.
From The Code of the Mountains by Buck, Charles Neville