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balance out en · VERB

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1. (idiomatic, intransitive) To attain balance through the contrasting or reciprocating effect of different elements.
   • "It's something they look forward to and they get as much out of helping us as we do from receiving help and it all sort of balances out in the end." 2025 September 2, Rebekah Logan, Rebekah Wilson, quoting Eddie Smiles, “Service provides 'second family' to tackle loneliness”, in BBC News, archived from the original on 13 Jan 2026:
   • If you consider all the negative and all the positive factors, it should balance out to something acceptable.
2. (idiomatic, transitive) To counteract with a contrasting element so as to achieve balance.
   • But if you’d like balance out the meat you eat with some more plant-based meal options, we hope you’ll find these emails helpful, interesting and fun! c. 2022, “Let's stop meating like this”, in Eastleigh Borough Council, archived from the original on 10 Feb 2025, retrieved 02 Mar 2026:
   • The city says that's mostly due to Calgarians having more than enough babies to balance out deaths. 2017 July 20, Rachel Ward, “Calgary grows by 11,166 people due mainly to more babies, says census”, in CBC News, archived from the original on 29 Aug 2018:
   • You can add some honey to balance out the sourness of the lemon.
   • And, if your dish becomes too sweet, simply balance it out with a pinch of salt. 2024 October 17, “How to Make Soup Less Spicy”, in campbellsoup.co.uk, archived from the original on 09 Dec 2025:
   • 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. 2025 November 25, Caroline Siede, “Zootopia 2 is a stagnant sequel with one stellar subplot”, in AV Club:
   • If you have a bad thought, balance it out with a good thought. 2025, “Depression and Low Mood - Easy read information for people in prison”, in Cumbria, Northumberland, Tyne and Wear NHS Foundation Trust, archived from the original on 02 Mar 2026, retrieved 02 Mar 2026, Thinking about feelings and thoughts:

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Translations (14)

pl zniwelować (to counteract with a contrasting element so as to achieve balance) · pl wyrównywać się (to attain balance through the contrasting or reciprocating effect of different elements) · pl zneutralizować (to counteract with a contrasting element so as to achieve balance) · pl skompensować (to counteract with a contrasting element so as to achieve balance) · pl wyrównać (to counteract with a contrasting element so as to achieve balance) · pl równoważyć (to counteract with a contrasting element so as to achieve balance) · pl kompensować (to counteract with a contrasting element so as to achieve balance) · pl wyrównywać (to counteract with a contrasting element so as to achieve balance) · pl zrównoważyć (to counteract with a contrasting element so as to achieve balance) · pl niwelować (to counteract with a contrasting element so as to achieve balance) · pl równoważyć się (to attain balance through the contrasting or reciprocating effect of different elements) · pl wyrównać się (to attain balance through the contrasting or reciprocating effect of different elements) · pl neutralizować (to counteract with a contrasting element so as to achieve balance) · pl zrównoważyć się (to attain balance through the contrasting or reciprocating effect of different elements)