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half-staff
half step
half term
half tide
half-timbered
half title
half tone
half-track
half-truth
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half-white runner
half-yearly
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half-truth
half-truth (plural half-truths)


noun 
Definition:
 
statement holding back details: a statement that includes only some of the relevant facts or information and so is intended or likely to be misleading
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