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half

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GO HALVES,

GO OFF HALF-COCKED also GO OFF AT HALF COCK,

IN HALF,

SIX OF ONE AND HALF-A-DOZEN OF THE OTHER,

TIME AND A HALF,

TOO-BY HALF.

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Source: A Dictionary of American Idioms

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