Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

go halves

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.47 in modern English

Syllables: go halves
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

1

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To divide equally between two parties.

Example Sentences

"Would you like to go halves on the grocery bill?"
"Let's go halves on this big watermelon."
"1906, Edith Nesbit, The Railway Children, Chapter 4: The engine-burglar, Bobbie couldn't help her face changing a little--not so much because she was disappointed at not getting the engine, as because she had thought it so very noble of Peter, and now she felt she had been silly to think it. Also she felt she must have seemed greedy to expect the engine as well as the sweets. So her face changed. Peter saw it. He hesitated a minute; then his face changed, too, and he said: "I mean not all the engine. I'll let you go halves if you like.""

Inflected Forms

goes halves (present, singular) going halves (participle, present) went halves (past) gone halves (participle, past)

Phrases

Dutch treat go Dutch meet halfway split the difference

Frequently Paired Words

Dutch treat go Dutch meet halfway splitsies split the difference

Synonyms

go halfsies go half and half

Questions

What does go halves mean?: To divide equally between two parties.

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