The price is too high, so let's split the difference.
split the difference
idiomTo choose an option or take a position roughly midway between two opposed alternatives; to compromise.
We could not agree on a meeting time, so we decided to split the difference and meet at noon.
Rather than continuing their long argument over the budget, the two managers agreed to split the difference to ensure the project could move forward.
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make a difference
To carry out an action, the result of which is a significant change, or an altered circumstance.
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make all the difference
To be a crucial or deciding factor; to have a very significant effect (often a positive one).
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make like a banana and split
To leave, depart.
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same difference
A distinction which makes no difference; a distinction which does not matter.
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split hairs
Tedious details; minutiae.
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split on a rock
To completely fail in one's attempt
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split one's sides
To laugh hysterically.
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split the baby
To resolve a dispute in a way that is disadvantageous to both parties.