and a half
idiom
1
—used in measurements of time, distance, weight, etc., to indicate one half of the stated unit of measurement
My daughter is two and a half (years old).
The fish was a foot and a half long.
weighs ten and a half pounds
2
informal
—used to say that something is very good, large, difficult, etc.
That was a meal and a half!
Renovating a house is a job and a half.
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Nixon, in his one and a half terms, declared two national emergencies, Jimmy Carter one, and Ronald Reagan six in eight years.
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Jill Lepore, New Yorker, 28 Apr. 2025
In the seventh game, Stolarz suffered an injury that kept him out for a month and a half.
—Joshua Kloke, New York Times, 28 Apr. 2025
The Raid 2, for instance, a two and a half hour crime and punishment epic, boils down to one man’s struggle to win the approval of his stern father; whether this is significant to Evans’ life or not, the motif nonetheless transitions cleanly into Havoc.
—Andy Crump, Time, 26 Apr. 2025
About a year and a half later, however, Blanco has largely won the die-hard Selenators—and earned his own spot on the proverbial lists of famous Internet Boyfriends in the process.
—Emily Tannenbaum, Glamour, 25 Apr. 2025
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Jill Lepore, New Yorker, 28 Apr. 2025
In the seventh game, Stolarz suffered an injury that kept him out for a month and a half.
—Joshua Kloke, New York Times, 28 Apr. 2025
The Raid 2, for instance, a two and a half hour crime and punishment epic, boils down to one man’s struggle to win the approval of his stern father; whether this is significant to Evans’ life or not, the motif nonetheless transitions cleanly into Havoc.
—Andy Crump, Time, 26 Apr. 2025
About a year and a half later, however, Blanco has largely won the die-hard Selenators—and earned his own spot on the proverbial lists of famous Internet Boyfriends in the process.
—Emily Tannenbaum, Glamour, 25 Apr. 2025
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“And a half.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/and%20a%20half. Accessed 2 May. 2025.
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