go fifty-fifty

go fifty-fifty

To split something evenly between both parties. I promised the kids that I would go fifty-fifty with the last cookie. Because you helped me so much with the yard sale, I want to go fifty-fifty with the profits.
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Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

go fifty-fifty

(on something) to divide the cost of something in half with someone. Todd and Jean decided to go fifty-fifty on dinner. The two brothers went fifty-fifty on a replacement for the broken lamp.
See also: go
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
See also:
  • divide (something) fifty-fifty
  • divide fifty-fifty
  • fifty
  • split (something) fifty-fifty
  • fifty-fifty chance
  • fifty-fifty
  • fraction
  • split in
  • split in (number or fraction)
  • compress into
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