单词 | to go halfsies |
释义 | > as lemmasto go halfsies to go halfsies: to share equally with another person; = to go halvers, to go halves. ΘΠ the mind > possession > sharing > share [verb (intransitive)] > share by halves to go halves1678 half1889 1947 Daily News (N.Y.) 17 June c3/1 Back in the year 1725..a silly character named Everett who was a stickupman..sued his partner, another highwayman named Williams, for an accounting and division of their loot. The wigged justices of the time profoundly observed that this was a criminal partnership. Instead of making Williams go halfsies, they hanged him. 1956 A. Durrell Holly River Secret vii. 85 Mama gave me the last Sears Roebuck catalog, and I'll go halfsy on the toys and furniture. 2018 Herald Sun (Austral.) (Nexis) (Weekend ed.) 27 Jan. (Lifestyle section) 10 Neville did not like to pay. He wasn't even fond of going halfsies. < as lemmas |
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