split the difference

verb

Roget 774: compromise, commute, compound; take the mean; split the difference, meet one halfway, give and take; come to terms etc. (contract) 769; submit to arbitration, abide by arbitration; patch up, bridge over, arrange; straighten out, adjust, differences, agree; make the best of, make a virtue of necessity; take the will for the deed.    ... show more

Roget 29: split the difference; take the average etc. n.; reduce to a mean etc. n.; strike a balance, pair off.   

Moby thesaurus: accommodate, adjust, apportion, average, average out, avoid extremes, be partners in, compose, compound, compromise, cooperate, cop out, divide with, divvy up with, duck responsibility, evade responsibility, give and take, give way, go even stephen, go fifty-fifty, go halvers, go halves, go shares, halve, make a deal, make an adjustment, make concessions, meet halfway, pair off, play politics, reach a compromise, settle, share, share in, strike a balance, strike a bargain, surrender, take the average, take the mean, yield ... show more.

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