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split the difference

To choose an option or take a position roughly midway between two opposed alternatives; to compromise.
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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.

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Submitted on July 10, 2018

Additional definitions for 'split the difference':

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