- meet someone halfway
- COMPROMISE, come to terms, reach an agreement, make a deal, make concessions, find the middle ground, strike a balance; give and take.→ halfway
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meet someone halfway phraseto agree to do something that someone wants, if they do something that you wantThe deal depends heavily on you agreeing to meet them halfway.
Thesaurus: to decide or agree to do somethingsynonymMain entry: halfway* * *
Icompromise; concede some points in order to gain othersIII'm willing to compromise and meet him halfway
make a compromise with someoneI am prepared to meet him halfway by paying an additional $25,000
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• • •Main Entry: ↑halfway————————meet (someone) halfway: to reach an agreement with (someone) by giving up something that you want : to compromise with (someone)We can't comply with all your requests, but we can meet you halfway.
Can we at least meet halfway on this?
• • •Main Entry: ↑meet
Useful english dictionary. 2012.