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

You shall go halves in my slang match to-morrow.

From Fontainbleau by O'Keeffe, John

In the mean time, he laughed at the anticipated ridicule, and asked me if I would go halves with him.

From The Phantom World or, The philosophy of spirits, apparitions, &c, &c. by Christmas, Henry

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