even up

even something up

to make something even, square, level, equal, balanced, etc. I'll even the table up. See if you can even up the legs of this table. It wobbles.

1. To make something balanced or equal: The bookie evened the odds up. The carpenter evened up the legs of the chair so that it would stop wobbling.

2. To become balanced or equal: The home team was ahead for the first half of the game, but the score evened up after the second half started.

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Gedeon	-	Biblical Latin, Biblical Greek
Ing	-	Germanic Mythology
Kae	KAY	English (Rare)
Marybeth	mer-ee-BETH, mar-ee-BETH	English
Philbert	-	French (Rare)
Ola (2)	AW-lah	Polish