Go v. t.
1. To take, as a share in an enterprise; to undertake or become responsible for; to bear a part in.
They to go equal shares in the booty. --L'Estrange.
2. To bet or wager; as, I'll go you a shilling. [Colloq.]
To go halves, to share with another equally.
To go it, to behave in a wild manner; to be uproarious; to carry on; also, to proceed; to make progress. [Colloq.]
To go it alone Card Playing, to play a hand without the assistance of one's partner.
To go it blind. (a) To act in a rash, reckless, or headlong manner. [Slang] (b) Card Playing To bet without having examined the cards.
To go one's way, to set forth; to depart.
Half n.; pl. Halves
1. Part; side; behalf. [Obs.]
The four halves of the house. --Chaucer.
2. One of two equal parts into which anything may be divided, or considered as divided; -- sometimes followed by of; as, a half of an apple.
Not half his riches known, and yet despised. --Milton.
A friendship so complete
Portioned in halves between us. --Tennyson.
Better half. See under Better.
In half, in two; an expression sometimes used improperly instead of in halves or into halves; as, to cut in half. [Colloq.] --Dickens.
In one's half or On one's half, in one's behalf; on one's part. [Obs.]
To cry halves, to claim an equal share with another.
To go halves, to share equally between two.
Halves n., pl. of Half.
By halves, by one half at once; halfway; fragmentarily; partially; incompletely.
I can not believe by halves; either I have faith, or I have it not. --J. H. Newman.
To go halves. See under Go.
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