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halfway

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meet someone halfway
Fig. to compromise with someone. No, I won't give in, but I'll meet you halfway. They settled the argument by agreeing to meet each other halfway.
See also: meet

a halfway house
something which combines the qualities of two different things, often something which is not as good as either of those things on their own (often + between ) It's sort of a halfway house between classical music and pop.
See meet halfway
See also: house

meet somebody halfway

to show that you really want to reach an agreement or improve your relationship with someone by doing some of the things that they ask you to I really want this relationship, Simon, and I'm prepared to work at it but you have to meet me halfway.
See also: meet

meet somebody halfway
to do some of what someone asks you to do He's put forward some good proposals for settling the strike, but the other side has not been willing to meet him halfway.
Usage notes: often said about an attempt to reach an agreement about something
Related vocabulary: split the difference
See also: meet


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