other half

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Noun

other half (plural other halves)

(idiomatic) A spouse.
- 1972, Lou Reed (lyrics and music), “Goodnight Ladies”, in Transformer:
  Oh, I'm still missing my other half / Oh, it must be something I did in the past

Translations

spouse

Finnish: toinen puolisko
French: moitié (fr) f
Polish: druga połówka (pl) f
Russian: втора́я полови́на (ru) f (vtorája polovína)

See also

better half

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