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halfway decent
Somewhat good, useful, or enjoyable, but not very; passable. Anyone with a halfway decent phone can access the Internet these days! John: "So, what did you think of the film?" Bill: "Eh, it was halfway decent, I guess."
meet trouble halfway
To worry, grow anxious, or distress oneself unnecessarily over something that has yet to happen. You can't go through life meeting trouble halfway, or you'll end up paralyzed with indecision and anxiety.
halfway house
1. A housing facility that provides treatment and rehabilitation services to people overcoming disabilities or addictions. Once the halfway house helps Mark recover from his heroin addiction, he'll be able to return to his hometown and move forward with his life.
2. A combination of two different things. That restaurant is a halfway house between a burger joint and a sushi bar. Weird, right?
3. The center point of a trip or journey. To prevent us from becoming too tired on the long drive, we decided to stop at a halfway house to get some rest.
meet someone halfway
Fig. to compromise with someone. No, I won't give in, but I'll meet you halfway. They settled the argument by agreeing to meet each other halfway.
meet somebody halfway
to do some of what someone asks you to do
He's put forward some good proposals for settling the strike, but the other side has not been willing to meet him halfway. Usage notes: often said about an attempt to reach an agreement about something
a halfway house
something which combines the qualities of two different things, often something which is not as good as either of those things on their own (often + between ) It's sort of a halfway house between classical music and pop.
See meet halfwaymeet somebody halfway
to show that you really want to reach an agreement or improve your relationship with someone by doing some of the things that they ask you to I really want this relationship, Simon, and I'm prepared to work at it but you have to meet me halfway.
go halfway
Also, meet someone halfway. Compromise, give up something for the sake of an agreement. For example, The Smiths are willing to go halfway and pay their share for snow-plowing, or I'll make peace with Nancy if she'll just meet me halfway. [Late 1500s]