halves
Americannoun
idioms
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by halves,
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incompletely or partially.
to do things by halves.
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halfheartedly.
better not at all than by halves.
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go halves, to share equally; divide evenly.
Example Sentences
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No need to worry about halves of avocados going brown and, eventually, bad in the fridge.
From Salon
His time more than halves the record of the only other person to scale the tower.
From BBC
"We have a very tough spell. We need to regroup and continue to try to put two very good halves together with very good intensity."
From BBC
"Two different halves," said City captain Bernardo Silva after the game.
From BBC
“It is probably a tale of two halves, as is much of the economic outlook,” said Tony Crescenzi, Pimco executive vice president and portfolio manager.
From Barron's
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