fifty Idiom

fifty-fifty

equally, evenly We divided the cost of the trip fifty-fifty.

pushing fifty

nearly 50 years old, 48 or 49 years old Bart is pushing fifty, but he looks much younger.

go fifty-fifty

Idiom(s): go fifty-fifty (on sth)

Theme: SHARE

to divide the cost of something in half with someone.
• Todd and Jean decided to go fifty-fifty on dinner.
• The two brothers went fifty-fifty on a replacement for the broken lamp.

divide sth fifty-fifty

Idiom(s): divide something fifty-fifty AND split something fifty-fifty

Theme: SHARE

to divide something into two equal parts. (Informal. The fifty means "50 percent.")
• Tommy and Billy divided the candy fifty-fifty.
• The robbers split the money fifty-fifty.

split sth fifty-fifty

fifty-fifty(1)|fifty|fifty-fifty

adv., informal Equally; evenly. The two boys divided the marbles they won fifty-fifty. When Dick and Sam bought an old car, they divided the cost fifty-fifty.

fifty-fifty(2)|fifty|fifty-fifty

adj., informal 1. Divided or shared equally. It will be a fifty-fifty arrangement; half the money for me and half for you. 2. Half for and half against; half good and half bad. There is only a fifty-fifty chance that we will win the game.
Compare: HALF AND HALF.

fifty

fifty
the fifties
the numbers or years, as of a century, from fifty through fifty-nine