split the difference

动词 v.

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动词 v.

In a financial transaction, to settle on an amount midway between the offer and the asking price.

— "Come!" said Gamfield; "say four pound, gen'lmen. Say four pound, and you've got rid on him for good and all. There!" "Three pound ten," repeated Mr. Limbkins, firmly. "Come! I'll split the difference, gen'lmen," urged Gamfield. "Three pound fifteen."
To choose an option or take a position roughly midway between two opposed alternatives; to compromise. broadly,idiomatic

— Dolly suggested that they should meet at the club at 4 p.m. Sir Felix had named noon, and promised to call at Dolly's lodgings. They split the difference at last and agreed to start at two.

词形变化

splits the difference present,singular,third-person splitting the difference participle,present split the difference participle,past split the difference past