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halfway
[ haf-wey, hahf- ]
adverb
- to half the distance; to midpoint:
The rope reaches only halfway.
- almost; nearly; just about:
He halfway surrendered to their demands.
adjective
- midway, as between two places or points.
- going to or covering only half or part of the full extent:
halfway measures.
halfway
/ ˌɑːˈɱɪ /
adverb
- at or to half the distance; at or to the middle
- in or of an incomplete manner or nature
- meet halfwayto compromise with
Word History and Origins
Idioms and Phrases
- meet halfway, to compromise with; give in partially to:
They didn't comply with all our demands, but met us halfway on the more important points.
More idioms and phrases containing halfway
see go halfway .Example Sentences
One, perched halfway up the western ridge, looms over the village, while another in the east is under construction.
Dylan would even seemingly acknowledge the audience’s response about halfway through the set, saying, “We’re doing all the hits tonight” after “My Own Version of You.”
Jonathan Emery was on a different train halfway between Seville and Madrid when the cuts hit.
At the Julian Hinds Pumping Plant, near the aqueduct’s halfway point, water was lifted 441 feet, surging through three pipelines up a desert mountain.
With more than 100 parcels a day being cleared, the job is almost halfway done, with June a likely date for completion, officials say.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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