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To go halves

Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Go \Go\, v. t.
   1. To take, as a share in an enterprise; to undertake or
      become responsible for; to bear a part in.

            They to go equal shares in the booty. --L'Estrange.

   2. To bet or wager; as, I'll go you a shilling. [Colloq.]

   {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.

Half \Half\, n.; pl. {Halves}. [AS. healf. See {Half}, a.]
   1. Part; side; behalf. [Obs.] --Wyclif.

            The four halves of the house.         --Chaucer.

   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.

            Not half his riches known, and yet despised.
                                                  --Milton.

            A friendship so complete Portioned in halves between
            us.                                   --Tennyson.

   {Better half}. See under {Better}.

   {In half}, in two; an expression sometimes used improperly
      instead of in or into halves; as, to cut in half.
      [Colloq.] --Dickens.

   {In, 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.

Halves \Halves\, n.,
   pl. of {Half}.

   {By halves}, by one half at once; halfway; fragmentarily;
      partially; incompletely.

            I can not believe by halves; either I have faith, or
            I have it not.                        --J. H.
                                                  Newman.

   {To go halves}. See under {Go}.
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