Found 3 hits - Term: to go halves, Database: *, Strategy: prefix
- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
go \go\, v. t.
1. to take, as a share in an enterprise; to undertake or
become responsible for; to bear a part in.
1913 webster
they to go equal shares in the booty. --l'estrange.
1913 webster
2. to bet or wager; as, i'll go you a shilling. colloq.
1913 webster
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.
1913 webster
see also:
to go halves to go it to go it alone to go one's way
- [2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
half \half\ haumf, n.; pl. halves haumvz. as. healf.
see half, a.
1. part; side; behalf. obs. --wyclif.
1913 webster
the four halves of the house. --chaucer.
1913 webster
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.
1913 webster
not half his riches known, and yet despised.
--milton.
1913 webster
a friendship so complete
portioned in halves between us. --tennyson.
1913 webster
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.
1913 webster
see also:
halves half better half better in half in halves
into halves in one's half on one's half to cry halves to go halves
- [3] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
halves \halves\ haumvz, n.,
pl. of half.
1913 webster
by halves, by one half at once; halfway; fragmentarily;
partially; incompletely.
1913 webster
i can not believe by halves; either i have faith, or
i have it not. --j. h.
newman.
1913 webster
to go halves. see under go.
1913 webster
see also:
half by halves to go halves go
Dictionary of Words and Phrases online did not found adittional definition or meaning about to go halves.
Last accessed:2008/09/07 01:11:06 [Total processing time: 0 seconds]
|
