'In one's half' definitions:

Definition of 'In one's half'

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  • Half \Half\ (h[aum]f), n.; pl. Halves (h[aum]vz). [AS. healf. See Half, a.]
  • 1. Part; side; behalf. [Obs.] --Wyclif. [1913 Webster]
  • The four halves of the house. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
  • 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. [1913 Webster]
  • Not half his riches known, and yet despised. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
  • A friendship so complete Portioned in halves between us. --Tennyson. [1913 Webster]
  • 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. [1913 Webster]