halfway

don't meet trouble halfway

Don't worry, grow anxious, or distress oneself unnecessarily over something that has yet to happen. Don't meet trouble halfway, or you'll end up paralyzed with indecision and anxiety.
See also: halfway, meet, trouble

go halfway

To compromise with someone, often in an argument or disagreement. I'll agree to some of your requests if you'll go halfway and allow me to implement some of my ideas. Hey, buddy, please go halfway and at least try to clean your room once a month, OK? Can we go halfway on this? I'm willing to compromise.
See also: go, halfway

halfway decent

Somewhat good, useful, or enjoyable, but not very; passable. Anyone with a halfway decent phone can access the Internet these days! John: "So, what did you think of the film?" Bill: "Eh, it was halfway decent, I guess."
See also: decent, halfway

halfway house

1. A housing facility that provides treatment and rehabilitation services to people overcoming disabilities or addictions. Once the halfway house helps Mark recover from his heroin addiction, he'll be able to return to his hometown and move forward with his life.
2. A combination of two different things. That restaurant is a halfway house between a burger joint and a sushi bar. Weird, right?
3. The center point of a trip or journey. To prevent us from becoming too tired on the long drive, we decided to stop at a halfway house to get some rest.
See also: halfway, house

meet (one) halfway

To compromise with someone, often in an argument or disagreement. I'll agree to some of your requests if you'll meet me halfway and allow me to implement some of my ideas. Hey, buddy, please meet your mother and I halfway and at least try to clean your room once a month, OK? Can we meet halfway on this? I'm willing to compromise.
See also: halfway, meet

meet trouble halfway

To worry, grow anxious, or distress oneself unnecessarily over something that has yet to happen. You can't go through life meeting trouble halfway, or you'll end up paralyzed with indecision and anxiety.
See also: halfway, meet, trouble
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

meet someone halfway

Fig. to compromise with someone. No, I won't give in, but I'll meet you halfway. They settled the argument by agreeing to meet each other halfway.
See also: halfway, meet
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.

go halfway

Also, meet someone halfway. Compromise, give up something for the sake of an agreement. For example, The Smiths are willing to go halfway and pay their share for snow-plowing, or I'll make peace with Nancy if she'll just meet me halfway. [Late 1500s]
See also: go, halfway
The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.

meet someone halfway

COMMON If you meet someone halfway, you accept some of their opinions or wishes, so that you can come to an agreement with them or have a better relationship with them. Democrats are willing to meet the president halfway on measures to stimulate the economy. Young people need to develop skills at forming relationships with adults by meeting them half-way.
See also: halfway, meet, someone

a halfway house

BRITISH
A halfway house is something that has some features of one thing and some of another. A halfway house between the theatre and cinema is possible. The place was a sort of halfway house between a prison and a care home. Note: A halfway house was an inn located halfway between two neighbouring towns or villages and would have been used by coach passengers in former times. The name is still seen on pubs and inns.
See also: halfway, house
Collins COBUILD Idioms Dictionary, 3rd ed.

a halfway house

1 a compromise. 2 the halfway point in a progression. 3 a place where ex-prisoners, mental patients, etc. can stay while they become reaccustomed to normal life.
In the late 18th century, a halfway house was an inn or other establishment halfway between two places or at the midpoint of a journey.
See also: halfway, house

meet someone halfway

make a compromise with someone.
See also: halfway, meet, someone

meet trouble halfway

distress yourself unnecessarily about what may happen.
See also: halfway, meet, trouble
Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary

a ˌhalfway ˈhouse


1 a place where prisoners, mental patients, etc. can stay for a short time after leaving a prison or hospital, before they start to live on their own again: We’re opening several halfway houses for people who’ve been in this hospital.
2 something that combines the features of two plans, wishes, etc: We really wanted to build a completely new hospital, but we didn’t have the money, so this extension is a kind of halfway house.A halfway house was originally a place such as an inn (= a pub where you can stay the night) that was halfway between two places, or in the middle of a journey.
See also: halfway, house

meet somebody halfˈway

reach an agreement with somebody by giving them part of what they want: I can’t agree to all your suggestions, but I am prepared to meet you halfway.
See also: halfway, meet, somebody
Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary
See also:
  • don't bet on it
  • Don’t make a federal case out of it!
  • cast (one's) lot in with (someone or something)
  • cast lot in
  • (I) won't tell a soul
  • discipline
  • discipline (one) for (something)
  • discipline for
  • bathwater
  • don't cry before you are hurt
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With Stuart busy giving his statement to DI Aurthurs, Halfway warns Mick and Linda, who wonders if they should make a run for it, but Mick decides there's no point just as the police arrive, and he surrenders.
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However Halfway is still unsure about his brother's guilt and wants to believe in him.
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The halfway houses will serve to receive and process the rebel returnees as the government provides them with necessary assistance and skills to make their transition to life as peaceful civilians easier.
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The DILG has issued guidelines for the construction of halfway houses for former members of the New People's Army in the provinces of Kalinga, Mountain Province, Northern Samar, Negros Oriental, Sarangani, Sultan Kudarat, South Cotabato, and North Cotabato.
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Shaneboy Freddie and Pacey Bambi have been the epitome of consistency through halfway, with just five and six spots between quickest and slowest halfway splits.
Bruisers hits the halfway high note after slick start
A laser flipped the spins halfway around, from up to down; the ions then interacted so each spin influenced the others.
Physicists make 'time crystal' in lab: flipped ions demonstrate new form of symmetry breaking
The court was shown footage of a cordon of officers moving from the Kop end of the pitch to the halfway line between 3.38pm and 3.40pm, around the same time as a second South Yorkshire Metropolitan Ambulance Service (SYMAS) ambulance drove onto the pitch.
Police cordons across pitch 'ridiculous and frustrating'
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Set in Milwaukee, Wisconsin (one of the nation's most highly segregated cities), "Meet Me Halfway: Milwaukee Stories" tells stories of connections in a community with a tumultuous and divided past.
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