in two
English
Prepositional phrase
in two
- (set phrase) Into two parts.
- 1894, Rudyard Kipling, The Jungle Book, ch. 3:
- 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 Jan. 10, Alex Perry, "Can Sudan Split Without Falling Apart?," Time (retrieved 23 July 2014):
- [S]outherners are expected to vote overwhelmingly to carve Africa's biggest country in two.
- 1894, Rudyard Kipling, The Jungle Book, ch. 3:
Synonyms
- in half, in twain; see also Thesaurus:asunder
Hyponyms
- asunder
References
- in two at OneLook Dictionary Search
Anagrams
- in tow