By halves

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  1. 1
    Partially, incompletely; inadequately, halfheartedly, shoddily. idiomatic

    "Thou fool, I ne'er do things by halves, Farthings are made for Irish slaves; No brass for me, it must be gold, Or fifty pounds in silver told."

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