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quarta-feira, 16 de outubro de 2019

What does MEET SOMEONE HALFWAY mean?



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.



Examples:


The Democrats are willing to meet the president halfway.

The buyers wanted to bring the price down from $15,000 to $10,000, so I offered to meet them halfway at $12,500.

My roommates would never meet me halfway with cleaning so I finally got my own place.

My dad could never meet my mother halfway. It was depressing to see my mother always give in to my father's wishes.

If you meet me halfway, I'm sure we can come to an agreement on the sale of the car.

There's no way I'm driving all the way to Baltimore next week. Why don't we meet halfway in Philadelphia.


It's your turn to use this idiom in your own sample sentence. Write one sentences with MEET SOMEONE HALFWAY.

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