go halves en · VERB
Pronunciation
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Meanings
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(idiomatic) To divide equally between two parties.
Would you like to go halves on the grocery bill?
1906, Edith Nesbit, The Railway Children, Chapter 4: The engine-burglar, Bobbie couldn't help her face changing a little--not so much because she was disappointed at not getting the engine, as because she had thought it so very noble of Peter, and now she felt she had been silly to think it. Also she felt she must have seemed greedy to expect the engine as well as the sweets. So her face changed. Peter saw it. He hesitated a minute; then his face changed, too, and he said: "I mean not all the engine. I'll let you go halves if you like."
Let's go halves on this big watermelon.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| gone halves | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| went halves | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| going halves | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| goes halves | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic |
Relateds
split the difference · splitsies · Dutch treat · go Dutch · meet halfway
Synonyms
go halfsies · go half and half
Translations (12)
fi panna puoliksi (divide equally) · fr faire moit moit (divide equally) · cmn 平分 (divide equally) · it fare alla romana (divide equally) · es dividir (divide equally) · uk діли́ти на́впіл (divide equally) · es ir a medias (divide equally) · uk плати́ти по́рівну (divide equally) · fr faire moite-moite (divide equally) · ru подели́ть попола́м (divide equally) · ru дели́ть попола́м (divide equally) · fr faire moitié moitié (divide equally)