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do by halves

verb

Definitions

  1. To perform (a task, etc) partially or incompletely

    To perform (a task, etc) partially or incompletely; to do (something) inadequately, halfheartedly, or shoddily.

    • [A] pedestrian tour of Europe could not be complete without them. Of course that decided me at once to see them, for I never allow myself to do things by halves, or in a slurring, slipshod way.
    • Rin-Tin-Tin does nothing by halves, for he tracks the murderer himself and kills him.
    • Never do anything by halves if you want to get away with it. Be outrageous. Go the whole hog!

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