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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go halves

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

"We ought to go halves," muttered Dankmere, shyly skirting Jessie Vining's domain where she was writing letters with the Social Register at her elbow.

From The Streets of Ascalon Episodes in the Unfinished Career of Richard Quarren, Esqre. by Chambers, Robert W. (Robert William)

“I’m in on the bill,” he continued; “we’ll go halves on the mending.”

From At the Sign of the Jack O'Lantern by Reed, Myrtle

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