MEANING
To accept some of another person’s wishes so that both sides can reach an agreement.
Use it for
describing reciprocal compromise; repairing a relationship through concessions; showing willingness to adjust a position; distinguishing accommodation from total agreementShows reciprocal accommodation rather than complete surrender of one side’s position. Writing functions: Reciprocal accommodation.
Words that belong together
- meet someone halfway on an issue
On the page
I can change the delivery date if you meet me halfway on the payment terms.
She was willing to meet her brother halfway, but not to pretend the dispute had never happened.
Word forms
- Base
- meet someone halfway
Usage notes
Verbal idiom: meet/meets/met/met/meeting someone halfway. Someone is a variable object, not a fixed person. Halfway is one word. Register: neutral. Commonness: common (qualitative editorial estimate, informed by dictionaries/corpus).
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