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split the difference

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split the difference
1. to accept only part of what was originally wanted. When they don't agree, she's always trying to get them to split the difference so everyone will be happy.
2. to each pay half of an amount. I told the owners that we could split the difference between their price and my offer.
See also: difference, split
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So to say, we would split the difference between the ideal and the human, and be, say, twenty-five.
The Quest of the Golden Girl by le Gallienne, Richard View in context
Tookey's right and Winthrop's right, and they've only got to split the difference and make themselves even.
Silas Marner by Eliot, George View in context
I'll split the difference, and say forty-five; and that's the most I will do.
Uncle Tom's Cabin by Stowe, Harriet Beecher View in context
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