even up

1. 1.

   adjust for

   “engineers will work to correct the effects or air resistance”

   Synonymscompensatecounterbalancecorrectmake upeven outeven off

   Broaderbalance

   Narrowercarrycover
2. 2.

   even up the edges of a stack of paper, in printing

   Synonymssquare upjog

   Broadersquare

Questions about even up

What does even up mean?

even up means "adjust for". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for even up?

Close synonyms include compensate, counterbalance, correct, make up, even out. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is even up a common word?

even up is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.