meet halfway

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. fiil To compromise; to achieve a mutual accommodation.

   “Nelse's ability to act humanely toward those who have previously wronged him suggests that reconciliation between whites and blacks is possible if both are willing to meet halfway.”

2. fiil To compromise with or to accommodate.

   “So please, dear, won't you let us come up and talk nicely together? . . . [W]e can get you out of this scrape if you will meet us halfway and be a nice sensible boy.”

3. fiil To settle (contrary opinions, etc.) by making concessions.

   “Marcovaldi declared: "I suggest that the differences be met halfway."”