meeting halfway

VERB

compromise

Synonyms

WEAK

come to terms forgive and forget settle one's differences shake hands

Example Sentences

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Maybe at an upcoming gig he had in Miami, or meeting halfway the next time I was in New York?

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 19, 2025

As time ran out, WTO members should consider meeting halfway, he added.

From Reuters • Jun. 15, 2022

Or if we hadn’t watched nearly a decade’s worth of Harry Potter movies, culminating in Harry and Voldemort standing 10 feet away from each other, their colorful wand bolts meeting halfway in between them.

From Slate • Mar. 8, 2021

Logan is a keeper, a man who makes compromises to stay with Veronica and who is worth meeting halfway.

From Salon • Jul. 22, 2019

It was something he had said once, to Leader, about meeting halfway.

From "Messenger" by Lois Lowry