half the story

half the story

1. An incomplete or one-sided version of events.

• Often used with only or just: be only half the story, be just half the story.
• Not to be confused with half story.

• half the battle
• half-truth

• “half the story”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
• “only half the story” in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English, Longman.