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meet halfway

idiom
Meaning

To compromise; to achieve a mutual accommodation.


Examples
SIMPLE

We should meet halfway on the price.

CONTEXTUAL

The manager and the employee could not agree on the schedule, so they decided to meet halfway.

COMPLEX

Although the two parties held deeply conflicting views, they eventually agreed to meet halfway to ensure the success of the project.

Anchors to
Related idioms6entries
  1. 01

    halfway decent

    Good - better than expected.

  2. 02

    make ends meet

    To have enough money to cover expenses; to get by financially; to get through the pay period (sufficient to meet the next payday).

  3. 03

    meet a sticky end

    To die unpleasantly due to one's actions.

  4. 04

    meet one's maker

    To die or to pass into the afterlife.

  5. 05

    never the twain shall meet

    Used to emphasize that two subjects are so different that they cannot coexist or agree with each other.

  6. 06

    when two Sundays meet

    never

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