B2idiomdecisionsIELTS-friendly
meet someone halfway
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to accept part of what someone wants so you can agree
Common in bargaining and arguments. 'Meet each other halfway' is used for two sides.
In context
I can't drop the price by 20%, but I'll meet you halfway at 10%.
If both sides met each other halfway, the strike could end tomorrow.
More idioms about decisions
- a Catch-22a situation you can't escape because each solution depends on the other
- a change of hearta change in your opinion or plan, usually towards a kinder or different view
- a double-edged swordsomething that has both good and bad effects
- a fait accomplisomething already decided or done that others must now accept
- a foregone conclusiona result that is certain before it happens