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go halves

Idioms  

  1. 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.

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He offered to go halves on a handbag for Lauren, despite having never met either woman, and even suggested a possible "wedding in Vegas".

From BBC • Feb. 12, 2026

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 • Oct. 16, 2019

For how to go halves, see the previous page.

From "Woe Is I" by Patricia T. O'Conner

If you will drown, drown; but the host of the Full Moon will not go halves with thy folly.”

From The Betrothed From the Italian of Alessandro Manzoni by Manzoni, Alessandro

"Only come along," replied the saint, "and if I can earn anything, you shall go halves."

From Folk-lore and Legends: German by Anonymous

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