How is the phrase couper la poire en deux translated from French to English

English translation
meet halfway
phrase

Trouver un compromis où chacun cède quelque chose.

To compromise so that each side gives something up.

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  • Coupons la poire en deux sur le prix. — Let's meet halfway on the price.

  • Si vous baissez les frais, nous couperons la poire en deux. — If you lower the fee, we will meet halfway.

  • Aucune des deux parties ne voulait couper la poire en deux. — Neither side was willing to meet halfway.

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