go Dutch
Americanidiom
Example Sentences
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Don’t forget to ask why you need to go Dutch on his priorities when you do not ask him to go half on yours.
From Slate ● Jul. 7, 2023
“Almost every single person that I would work with, there would be some turning point where the camera would go Dutch angle,” she says, referring to the filmmaking shot that suggests tension or trauma.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 10, 2021
Following Brian McDermott's rather low-key departure after a second spell in charge of the club that lasted just six months, Reading decided to go Dutch for his successor.
From BBC ● May 28, 2017
Your date's on the lam; better go Dutch.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 10, 2015
"There are two or three of the fellows who come down here summers who I know will be glad to go Dutch on a motor boat," he said.
From Revelations of a Wife The Story of a Honeymoon by Garrison, Adele
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