balance out

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balance out (third-person singular simple present balances out, present participle balancing out, simple past and past participle balanced out)

  1. (idiomatic, of contrasting elements) To counteract one another so as to be balanced.
    If you consider all the negative and all the positive factors, it should balance out to something acceptable.
    • 2025 November 25, Caroline Siede, “Zootopia 2 is a stagnant sequel with one stellar subplot”, in AV Club‎[1]:
      A sequel of this magnitude has the ability to reach higher, though, with more creative worldbuilding balancing out the dime-a-dozen pop culture references and cheap gags.

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