Meaning of strike a medium | Babel Free

Definitions

To choose or provide a moderate option between two extremes.

Examples

“[…] in references, where the consent of the parties leave the referees entire masters of the subject, they commonly discover so much equity and justice on both sides, as induces them to strike a medium, and divide the difference betwixt the parties.”

“The telephone, as a conveyor of unwelcome messages, strikes a medium between the letter by mail and the face-to-face interview.”

“We must compromise as to the heating of the tent. He would keep it hot, I cold, and either’s comfort is the other’s pneumonia. We strike a medium, and he shivers outside his bag, while I swelter in mine;”

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