split the difference

split the difference
split the difference
to divide the difference evenly (with someone else). •

You want to sell for $120, and I want to buy for $100. Let's split the difference and close the deal at $110.

I don't want to split the difference. I want $120.

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{v. phr.}, {informal} To settle a money disagreement by dividing the difference, each person giving up half. * /Bob offered $25 for Bill's bicycle and Bill wanted $35; they split the difference./

Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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