meet halfway

verb3

1. •
   To compromise; to achieve a mutual accommodation.

   • Nelse's ability to act humanely toward those who have previously wronged him suggests that reconciliation between whites and blacks is possible if both are willing to meet halfway. — 2005
2. •
   To compromise with or to accommodate.

   • So please, dear, won't you let us come up and talk nicely together? . . . [W]e can get you out of this scrape if you will meet us halfway and be a nice sensible boy. — 1919
3. •
   (rare) To settle (contrary opinions, etc.) by making concessions.

   • Marcovaldi declared: "I suggest that the differences be met halfway." — 1947