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redress the balance
Idioms and Phrases
Readjust matters, restore equilibrium, as in If our party wins in a few big cities, it will redress the balance of urban and rural interests in the House . [Mid-1800s]Example Sentences
Biden's move to allow Ukraine to strike Russia with US-made long-range missiles was welcomed as a step that could redress the balance between both countries' forces.
In his message to staff, he said the university’s “outgoings were consistently higher than its income,†adding it would need to take a “series of actions†in order to redress the balance.
The letter is a belated attempt to redress the balance.
"There is a feeling among some in government that they have allowed relations with China to sour too much, and following the election they need to redress the balance, especially to revive economic relations," said Dongmin Lee, a political science professor at Dankook University.
Tate Britain has been investing in art by women to redress the balance for modern times.
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