by halves
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Gymnasts can adjust a twisting vault midair by reducing the number of revolutions by halves if they feel something gone awry.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 23, 2024
No-one can accuse Spurs or Postecoglou of doing things by halves.
From BBC • Nov. 6, 2023
Kara Young doesn’t do any role by halves, and as Viola this summer in the Classical Theater of Harlem’s “Twelfth Night,” she was breathtaking instantly.
From New York Times • Dec. 5, 2022
I couldn’t dream of doing anything by halves.
From The New Yorker • Apr. 19, 2019
‘I am not a man to do things by halves.’
From "I'm the King of the Castle" by Susan Hill
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