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Definition: To go halves
Go
\Go\, v. t.
1. To take, as a share in an enterprise; to undertake or
become responsible for; to bear a part in.
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They to go equal shares in the booty. --L'Estrange.
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2. To bet or wager; as, I'll go you a shilling. [Colloq.]
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To go halves, to share with another equally.
To go it, to behave in a wild manner; to be uproarious; to
carry on; also, to proceed; to make progress. [Colloq.]
To go it alone (Card Playing), to play a hand without the
assistance of one's partner.
To go one's way, to set forth; to depart.
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Halves
\Halves\ (h[aum]vz), n.,
pl. of
Half.
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By halves, by one half at once; halfway; fragmentarily;
partially; incompletely.
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I can not believe by halves; either I have faith, or
I have it not. --J. H.
Newman.
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To go halves. See under
Go.
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Half
\Half\ (h[aum]f), n.; pl.
Halves (h[aum]vz). [AS. healf.
See
Half, a.]
1. Part; side; behalf. [Obs.] --Wyclif.
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The four halves of the house. --Chaucer.
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2. One of two equal parts into which anything may be divided,
or considered as divided; -- sometimes followed by of; as,
a half of an apple.
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Not half his riches known, and yet despised.
--Milton.
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A friendship so complete
Portioned in halves between us. --Tennyson.
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Better half. See under
Better.
In half, in two; an expression sometimes used improperly
instead of
in halves or
into halves; as, to cut in
half. [Colloq.] --Dickens.
In one's half or
On one's half, in one's behalf; on one's
part. [Obs.]
To cry halves, to claim an equal share with another.
To go halves, to share equally between two.
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