go halves

Idioms and Phrases

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.

Example Sentences

“Now, Jo, how could you think there was any need of asking? They are just as much yours as mine. Don’t we always go halves in everything?” began Laurie, in the tone that always made Jo turn thorny.

From Literature

“You don’t give her up. You only go halves,” said Laurie consolingly.

From Literature

“Amy and I can’t get on without you, so you must come and teach ‘the children’ to keep house, and go halves in everything, just as we used to do, and let us pet you, and all be blissfully happy and friendly together.”

From Literature

We've found a lovely little place to have our lunches recently, and we'll see if she's treating me or not, but I always, always, offer to go halves!

From BBC

Following a summer of split rumours so pervasive that bookies suspended odds on their divorce, a Vogue cover story teased this week sees Victoria discussing their marriage in a manner that sounds less like a romantic declaration, and more like a pair of Apprentice contestants justifying their decision to go halves on a job lot of mops: “We both realise that we are stronger together than we are as individuals.”

From The Guardian

Related Words

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