to give and take, (a) to exchange repartee, blows, etc.; (b) to make mutual allowances, concessions, or compromises. Cf. give and take, n.

To come to terms or settle a dispute, by compromise or mutual concession.

transitive. Chiefly figurative. to meet halfway: †to forestall, anticipate (obsolete); to respond in kind to the friendly advances of; to make…

intransitive. To come to terms by mutual concession; to come to an agreement by the partial surrender of position or principles.

intransitive. To take up a more moderate position, to compromise. Obsolete.

intransitive. To act as mediator or arbitrator. Also: to take a mediating view.

In various phrases. to split the difference, to halve an amount in dispute between two parties; to take the mean between two sums or quantities; to…