Meanings
- In a state of fair competition.
It fully typified the game plan, and boss Page will have been thrilled to remain on level terms.
2022 November 29, Ian Mitchelmore, “Wales put out of World Cup misery by England as sobering tournament must signal changing of the guard”, in WalesOnline2 more examples
Your Committee, having carefully considered the great volume of evidence placed before them, have come to the conclusion that the present condition of the Hop Industry is not merely one of temporary depression, but that, unless effective measures are taken to enable English growers to compete on level terms in their own market with their foreign competitors, the English industry will continue its rapid decline, and will ultimately be almost destroyed.
1908, Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons, Parliamentary Papers - Volume 8, page xlviCarrados knew quite enough of flint implements—as indeed he seemed to know enough of any subject beneath the sun—to be able to talk on level terms with an expert, and he was quite equal to meeting a reference to Evans or to Nadaillac with another.
1927, Ernest Bramah [pseudonym; Ernest Brammah Smith], Max Carrados Mysteries
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