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by halves
Idioms and Phrases
Imperfectly, reluctantly, or half-heartedly, as in You really can't paint a portrait by halves . [Mid-1500s]Example Sentences
Fashion designers of his stature clearly don’t do things by halves.
"I don't do things by halves," he says with another laugh, recounting how he spent hours watching online tutorials to learn how to identify birds and get the best out of his new camera, which he normally has set to 30 frames a second with manual controls.
Gymnasts can adjust a twisting vault midair by reducing the number of revolutions by halves if they feel something gone awry.
Ben Stokes does not do things by halves.
He does not do things by halves.
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