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Idiom idiom

go halfsies


To share something by splitting it in half.

Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.


SIMPLE

“Let's go halfsies on this pizza.”

CONTEXTUAL

“We decided to go halfsies on the taxi fare to save some money on the way home.”

COMPLEX

“Since the expensive antique was beyond their individual budgets, they agreed to go halfsies on the purchase and share ownership of the item.”


From the verb *go* and a diminutive form of the noun *half*.


Related idioms8entries
  1. 01

    all dressed up and nowhere to go

    Elaborately attired or otherwise fully prepared for an anticipated situation or activity which, nevertheless, fails to occur.

  2. 02

    all systems go

    Everything is ready.

  3. 03

    as you go

    While one is doing (something); as one progresses.

  4. 04

    boldly go where no man has gone before

    To break new ground.

  5. 05

    come and go

    To repeatedly appear and disappear; to be transient.

  6. 06

    don't go there

    Do not broach that topic.

  7. 07

    easy come, easy go

    Easily won and easily lost (usually said when resigned to a loss; something that comes in the same way, goes in the same way)

  8. 08

    enough to go around

    There is an adequate amount or supply of something for all of the people present or involved.

Last updated August 10, 2026