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halves

[havz, hahvz]
–noun
1. pl. of half.
2. by halves,
a. incompletely or partially: to do things by halves.
b. halfheartedly: better not at all than by halves.
3. go halves, to share equally; divide evenly.
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go halves

Also, go fifty-fifty. Share equally. For example, Ann suggested that they go halves on the rent, or The brothers are going fifty-fifty in their new business. The first term dates from the late 1600s, the variant from the early 1900s.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
Copyright © 1997. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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