🗓️ Idiom: Meet Someone Halfway (v)
💬 Meaning
- To make a compromise with someone.
- To agree to part of what another person wants, so you can reach an agreement.
🧠 Example Sentences
- To solve the contract issue, both teams agreed to meet halfway.
- I know we don’t agree, but can we meet each other halfway on this decision?
- In cross-cultural business, meeting halfway shows respect and flexibility.
🏛️ Origin
This idiom comes from the idea of two people walking toward each other from opposite directions and meeting in the middle. Over time, it came to mean agreeing to a middle point in opinions or plans.
📝 Practice Exercises
1. Fill in the blank:
The client wanted faster delivery, so we agreed to __________ and shorten the timeline slightly.
Answer
meet them halfway
2. Choose the correct meaning of “meet someone halfway”:
A) To refuse to change your position
B) To move toward a physical location
C) To make a compromise or partial agreement
Answer
C) To make a compromise or partial agreement
3. Rewrite the sentence using the idiom:
“We couldn’t agree, so we both gave up a little and found a middle point.” → Change the sentence using: meet halfway
Answer
We couldn’t agree, so we decided to meet halfway.
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