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Even chance or risk
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toss-up
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Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
alt. 1 (context idiomatic English) A decision in which neither choice is clearly favorable or unfavorable, or for which the outcome does not matter. 2 Either of two outcomes that are equally likely. 3 The toss of a coin used to decide some issue. n. 1 (context ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"even matter," 1809, from earlier sense of "a flipping of a coin to arrive at a decision" (c.1700), from verbal phrase, from toss (v.) + up (adv.).
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Toss-Up is a 2004 Turkish drama film , produced, written and directed by Uğur Yücel , starring Kenan İmirzalıoğlu and Olgun Şimşek as two soldiers return home from their military service in southeastern Turkey with disabilities. The film, which went on ...
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. an unpredictable phenomenon; "it's a toss-up whether he will win or lose" [syn: tossup , even chance ]
Usage examples of toss-up.
He felt like a toss-up between a bindle stiff and a skid row derelict.
When they refueled again at the Air Corps field at Omaha, Nebraska, It was a toss-up, Whittaker reflected, whether the general was more annoyed with him for the appearance of the airplane, or with the people at Omaha for not having the parts to fill the gaps in the windows.