balance (sth) out/up
— phrasal verb with balance /ˈbæl.əns/ verbDefinition
› to be equal in amount or value, or to make things equal in amount or value: I spend a lot one month and not so much the next and in the end it balances out. We'd better ask a few men to the party to balance up the numbers.Balance and imbalance
(Definition of balance (sth) out/up from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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