go halfsies
To share something by splitting it in half.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
“Let's go halfsies on this pizza.”
“We decided to go halfsies on the taxi fare to save some money on the way home.”
“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*.
- 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.
- 02
all systems go
Everything is ready.
- 03
as you go
While one is doing (something); as one progresses.
- 04
boldly go where no man has gone before
To break new ground.
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come and go
To repeatedly appear and disappear; to be transient.
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don't go there
Do not broach that topic.
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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)
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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