"split the baby" meaning in English

{
  "etymology_text": "In reference to the Judgment of Solomon.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "splits the baby",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "splitting the baby",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "split the baby",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "split the baby",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "split<,,split> the baby"
      },
      "expansion": "split the baby (third-person singular simple present splits the baby, present participle splitting the baby, simple past and past participle split the baby)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2012, Sylvester J. Schieber, The Predictable Surprise",
          "text": "As the proposal evolved, it is clear that the authors tried to split the baby—benefits would be linked to the worker's covered earnings, out of which contributions would be made, but there would be some subsidization.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To resolve a dispute in a way that is disadvantageous to both parties."
      ],
      "id": "en-split_the_baby-en-verb-pPRWg0zb",
      "links": [
        [
          "resolve",
          "resolve"
        ],
        [
          "dispute",
          "dispute"
        ],
        [
          "disadvantageous",
          "disadvantageous"
        ],
        [
          "parties",
          "party"
        ]
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "Solomonic"
        },
        {
          "word": "split the difference"
        }
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "cut the baby in half"
        },
        {
          "word": "saw the baby in half"
        }
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "Judgment of Solomon"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "split the baby"
}

{
  "etymology_text": "In reference to the Judgment of Solomon.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "splits the baby",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "splitting the baby",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "split the baby",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "split the baby",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "split<,,split> the baby"
      },
      "expansion": "split the baby (third-person singular simple present splits the baby, present participle splitting the baby, simple past and past participle split the baby)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "Solomonic"
    },
    {
      "word": "split the difference"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English verbs",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2012, Sylvester J. Schieber, The Predictable Surprise",
          "text": "As the proposal evolved, it is clear that the authors tried to split the baby—benefits would be linked to the worker's covered earnings, out of which contributions would be made, but there would be some subsidization.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To resolve a dispute in a way that is disadvantageous to both parties."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "resolve",
          "resolve"
        ],
        [
          "dispute",
          "dispute"
        ],
        [
          "disadvantageous",
          "disadvantageous"
        ],
        [
          "parties",
          "party"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "cut the baby in half"
        },
        {
          "word": "saw the baby in half"
        }
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "Judgment of Solomon"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "split the baby"
}