in half

Idioms  

1. In two equal or roughly equal parts. For example, Let's cut this sheet in half. [Late 1500s]

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in half

At that time, Bellingham had only appeared in half of the 14 matches since the German took over in January 2025: four starts and three appearances off the bench.

From BBC ● Jul. 11, 2026

"I've been in construction 21 years, and I've never seen a beam bend in half -- so this is super dangerous."

From Barron's ● Jul. 7, 2026

“I cut my dryer sheets in half — they seem to work just as well,” another reader wrote.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 7, 2026

Leading-edge fabrication plants in Asia are built in half the time it takes in the U.S.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 30, 2026

Both of these stoves were stoked with seal blubber and could boil two and a half gallons of water from ice in half an hour.

From "Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World" by Jennifer Armstrong