on the toss of a coin
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toss/flip a coin — to decide something by throwing a coin up in the air and seeing which side is shown after it lands Let s toss a coin. Heads, we don t go; tails, we do. • • • Main Entry: ↑coin … Useful english dictionary
Coin flipping — or coin tossing or heads or tails is the practice of throwing a coin in the air to choose between two alternatives, sometimes to resolve a dispute between two parties. It is a form of sortition which inherently has only two possible and equally… … Wikipedia
toss — [[t]tɒ̱s, AM tɔ͟ːs[/t]] tosses, tossing, tossed 1) VERB If you toss something somewhere, you throw it there lightly, often in a rather careless way. [V n prep/adv] He screwed the paper into a ball and tossed it into the fire... [V n prep/adv] He… … English dictionary
toss — 1 verb 1 THROW (T) to throw something, especially something light, with a quick gentle movement of your hand: toss sth into/down/out of etc: Toss that book over here, will you? | toss sth to sb: “Catch!” said Sandra, tossing her bag to him. |… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
toss — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 of the head PREPOSITION ▪ with a toss PHRASES ▪ a toss of your/the head ▪ ‘Of course not!’ she said with a toss of her head. 2 the toss … Collocations dictionary
toss — toss1 [tɔs US to:s] v [Date: 1500 1600; Origin: Probably from a Scandinavian language] 1.) [T] to throw something, especially something light, with a quick gentle movement of your hand toss sth into/onto etc sth ▪ She crumpled the letter and… … Dictionary of contemporary English
coin — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun ADJECTIVE ▪ bronze, copper, gold, silver ▪ antique, rare ▪ commemorative ▪ … Collocations dictionary
toss — 1. noun /tɒs,tɔs,tɑs/ a) A throw, a lob, of a ball etc., with an initial upward direction (often implying a lack of care.) b) The toss of a coin before a cricket, football etc. match 2. verb /tɒs,tɔs,tɑs/ a) To throw with an initial upward… … Wiktionary
toss-up — n. a matter of chance. (As predictable as the outcome of the toss of a coin.) □ Nobody knew what to do. It was a toss up. □ Who knows what will happen? It’s a toss up … Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions
The Machine that Won the War — This article is about the short story by Isaac Asimov. For other uses, see The Machine that Won the War (disambiguation). The Machine that Won the War is a science fiction short story by Isaac Asimov. The story first appeared in the October 1961… … Wikipedia
