go halfway

Idioms  

1. Also, meet someone halfway. Compromise, give up something for the sake of an agreement. For example, The Smiths are willing to go halfway and pay their share for snow-plowing, or I'll make peace with Nancy if she'll just meet me halfway. [Late 1500s]

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Example Sentences

“Did we have to go halfway around the world?”

From Salon

Dr Emily Sams said they were offered less than England and Scotland, meaning they "don't need to go halfway around the world to Australia for better pay".

From BBC

"Plant sexual deception has fascinated biologists for centuries, but the evolution of sexually deceptive flowers remains somewhat enigmatic due to their extreme specialization and the absence of intermediately deceptive forms," the authors wrote, meaning that we don't really see any examples of plants that only go halfway on pseudocopulation.

From Salon

Johanna Teder, a senior guard from Estonia, said she thinks there is something in the makeup of players willing to go halfway around the world to pursue their dreams that has contributed to her team’s success.

From Seattle Times

“They can only go halfway because they worry about uncertainties.”

From New York Times