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split the difference

idiom

To choose an option or take a position roughly midway between two opposed alternatives; to compromise.


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  1. 01

    make a difference

    To carry out an action, the result of which is a significant change, or an altered circumstance.

  2. 02

    make all the difference

    To be a crucial or deciding factor; to have a very significant effect (often a positive one).

  3. 03

    make like a banana and split

    To leave, depart.

  4. 04

    same difference

    A distinction which makes no difference; a distinction which does not matter.

  5. 05

    split hairs

    Tedious details; minutiae.

  6. 06

    split on a rock

    To completely fail in one's attempt

  7. 07

    split one's sides

    To laugh hysterically.

  8. 08

    split the baby

    To resolve a dispute in a way that is disadvantageous to both parties.

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