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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Example Sentences

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

He ached to branch out, to astonish folks, to do something big, and with his record behind him he had little difficulty in persuading Charles Frohman to go halves in the production of "Ninety Days."

From The Scrap Book. Volume 1, No. 2 April 1906 by Various

"I go halves with whoever likes," said Ravanne.

From The Conspirators The Chevalier d'Harmental by Dumas père, Alexandre

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