in two

in two

1. (set phrase) Into two parts.

   Synonyms: in half, in twain; see also Thesaurus:asunder

   • 1894 May, Rudyard Kipling, “Kaa’s Hunting”, in The Jungle Book, London, New York, N.Y.: Macmillan and Co., published June 1894, →OCLC, page 47:

     They carry a branch half a day, meaning to do great things with it, and then they snap it in two.

   • 1900, Andrew Lang, “The Twin Brothers”, in The Grey Fairy Book:

     [I]f you can cleave it in two with one stroke of your sword, I will give you my daughter to wife.

   • 2011 January 10, Alex Perry, “Can Sudan Split Without Falling Apart?”, in Time, retrieved 23 July 2014:

     [S]outherners are expected to vote overwhelmingly to carve Africa's biggest country in two.

2. (theater) Performed further back than "in one", but still not fully upstage.

• asunder

• “in two”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

• in tow