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Do by halves

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  1. 1
    To perform (a task, etc) partially or incompletely; to do (something) inadequately, halfheartedly, or shoddily. idiomatic, transitive

    "[A] pedestrian tour of Europe could not be complete without them. Of course that decided me at once to see them, for I never allow myself to do things by halves, or in a slurring, slipshod way."

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