split the difference

Meaning

1. (when discussing a price, etc.) to agree on an amount that is at an equal distance between the two amounts that have been suggested

In the movies · 2

• Split the difference. Go this way.Love and Monsters2020
• So, the best you can do is reflect on who you were in the past and compare that to who you wanna be in the future, and you split the difference. That's who you are now.The Perfect Date2019

From the same entry

• split hairs
• split an infinitive
• split your sides
• split the ticket
• split down the middle
• split away
• split on
• split up
• split up
• split up