Even up Definition 1 of 2Pro Tip 1/3Competition Context Used when someone is trying to balance out a competitive situation or challenge. She trained extra hours to even up the competition. Pro Tip 2/3Fairness Emphasized 'Even up' often implies an effort to ensure fairness, especially when dividing things. Let's even up the pieces, so everyone gets the same amount. Pro Tip 3/3Rectifying Imbalance Indicates the action taken to correct an imbalance or unevenness that is noticed. We need to even up the teams before we start playing.