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halfway
[ haf-wey, hahf- ]
adverb
- to half the distance; to midpoint:
The rope reaches only halfway.
- almost; nearly; just about:
He halfway surrendered to their demands.
adjective
- midway, as between two places or points.
- going to or covering only half or part of the full extent:
halfway measures.
halfway
/ ˌhɑːfˈweɪ /
adverb
- at or to half the distance; at or to the middle
- in or of an incomplete manner or nature
- meet halfwayto compromise with
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Word History and Origins
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Idioms and Phrases
- meet halfway, to compromise with; give in partially to:
They didn't comply with all our demands, but met us halfway on the more important points.
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Example Sentences
I meet Otis J. the night he arrives at “The Castle,” a West Harlem halfway house for newly-released convicts.
Halfway through his second term, Johnson has enjoyed a charmed life.
The likes of Coffman are “probably” already halfway wards of the state anyhow.
Flying an Ebola patient halfway across the world is a difficult undertaking, to say the least.
It ends up halfway around the world, then back in New York.
Being only halfway in control of his own planetary system was no state to be found in by the first interstellar visitors.
Wentworth rang up from his rooms; they're probably halfway through lunch by now, and they'll be round in ten minutes.
From where he sat, both figures were above him, sheltered halfway up the long sliding slope.
The Black Hood took a couple of strides and then leaped from halfway down the steps.
They leaned against the ladders easily about halfway up, their fluffy short hair gleaming in the sun.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
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