toss·up

(tôs′ŭp′, tŏs′-)

n. Informal

1. An even chance or choice: It is a tossup whether we will win or lose.

2. The flipping of a coin to decide an issue.

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toss•up

(ˈtɔsˌʌp, ˈtɒs-)

n.

1. the tossing of a coin to decide something by its fall.

2. an even choice or chance.

[1740–50]

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Noun

tossup - an unpredictable phenomenon; "it's a toss-up whether he will win or lose"

even chance, toss-up

fortune, hazard, luck, chance - an unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that causes an event to result one way rather than another; "bad luck caused his downfall"; "we ran into each other by pure chance"

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