[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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Do by halves
Synonyms for "do by halves" (19 found)
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Rin-Tin-Tin does nothing by halves, for he tracks the murderer himself and kills him.
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Never do anything by halves if you want to get away with it. Be outrageous. Go the whole hog!
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If there was one word to describe her, it was "intense" - so well chosen in her brother Michael's moving eulogy. Nothing, absolutely nothing was done by halves. . . . Her commitment was total.
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