# go halfsies

idiom

Source: https://englishreference.com/idiom/go-halfsies
Updated: 2026-08-10

## Meaning

To share something by splitting it in half.

## Examples

- 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.

## Origin

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

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