meet halfway

Verb

idiomatic intransitive of two parties transitive rare

Japanese Meaning

お互いに譲歩する / 妥協して合意に達する / 互いに歩み寄る

What is this buttons?

If we don't both meet halfway, the deal will fall apart.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

もし私たちが互いに歩み寄らなければ、その取引は破綻するでしょう。

Details

Sense（1）

(intransitive, idiomatic, of two parties) 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.

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Sense（2）

(transitive, idiomatic) 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.

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