better half

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somebody's better/other half (old-fashioned)

someone's husband or wife or the person with whom they have a romantic relationship I should think 3.30 on Wednesday will be fine but I'd better check with my other half.

See also: better, half

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Simpson, who was decidedly Abner's better half, took in washing and went out to do days' cleaning, and the town helped in the feeding and clothing of the children. Rebecca Of Sunnybrook Farm by Wiggin, Kate Douglas View in context So we descended the hill to my small, old cottage, and shut ourselves up in the south-eastern room, where the sunshine comes in, warmly and brightly, through the better half of a winter's day. Tanglewood Tales by Hawthorne, Nathaniel View in context The war to you is a thing of paper, an abstraction--that same war which has turned the better half of my beloved country into a lurid corner of hell. The Kingdom of the Blind by Oppenheim, E. Phillips View in context			best part of best things come in small packages, good things come in small packages best things in life are free best-case scenario best-laid plans of mice and men oft go astray bestow on bet bet bottom dollar bet dollars to doughnuts bet life bet on bet on it bet the farm bet the ranch bet with bet your life bête noire betroth to betsy better Better be an old man's darling than a young man's slave better be going Better be the head of a dog than the tail of a lion better get moving better get on my horse better half Better keep still about it Better late than never better left unsaid Better luck next time better of better off Better safe than sorry better than nothing better than sex better the devil you know Better the devil you know than the devil you don't know better things to do between between a rock and a hard place between jobs between life and death between the devil and the deep blue sea between you and me between you me and the bedpost betwixt and between bevy of beauties beware beware of Beware of Greeks bearing gifts beyond			Better Eaters Support Team Better Electronic Service Technicians Better Email Enable Everything Better Energy Options Better Engineering Students Today Better Engineering Through Science and Technology Better Environment Awards for Industry Better Environmentally Sound Transportation Better equity Better Estimation of Software Development Tasks Better Ethics Online Better Ethnic Access to Services Better Examine Your Zipper, Quick! better feelings better feelings better feelings better feelings Better Fitness for You Better Follow Directions better get moving better get on my horse Better Get Used to It Better Golf Guaranteed Better Golf Through Technology Better Governance for Wales Better Government for Older People Better Government Fund better half Better Halves Better Health for Better Living Better Hearing and Speech Month Better Hearing Institute Better Highways Information Foundation Better Him Than Me better hit the road Better Home Products Better Homes and Gardens Better Homes Discount Furniture Better Hong Kong Foundation Better Hotel Bureau Better Integration for Sustainable Energy Better Internet Bureau Better Investing Better Investing National Convention Better Jobs Better Care Better keep quiet about it Better keep still about it Better Know a District Better Known As Better late than never Better late than never Better Left Alone Better Left Unsaid Better Left Unsaid

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