American Idioms and Expressions

Divide (something) Fifty Fifty Idiom

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divide (something) fifty-fifty
What does divide (something) fifty-fifty mean?
to divide something into two equal partsWe divided the money that we won fifty-fifty.
divide (something) fifty-fifty
What does divide (something) fifty-fifty mean?
to divide something into two equal partsWe decided to divide the money that we earned fifty-fifty.

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