What phrases or idioms contain the word center?

Answer 1

The list below is from freedictionary.com:

center something on someone or somethingto base something on someone or something. Let us center the discussion on Walter. Our whole meeting was centered on the conservation question. center around someone or something to make someone or something the central point in something; to be based on someone or something. Your salary increases center around your ability to succeed at your job. The success of the picnic centers around the weather next week.

center of attention the focus of people's attention; the thing or person who monopolizes people's attention. She had a way of making herself the center of attention wherever she went. center on someone or something to focus on someone or something in particular. Let us center on the basic problem and try to solve it. I want to center on Liz and her contributions to the firm. dead center at the exact center of something. The arrow hit the target dead center.When you put the flowers on the table, put them dead center.

off center not exactly in the center or middle. The arrow hit the target a little off center. The picture hanging over the chair is a little off center. on dead center 1. Lit. at the exact center of something. The arrow hit the target on dead center. When you put the flowers on the table, put them on dead center.

2. Fig. exactly correct. Mary is quite observant. Her analysis is on dead center. My estimate wasn't on dead center, but it was very close to the final cost.

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