"see eye to eye" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: En-au-see eye to eye.ogg [Australia] Forms: sees eye to eye [present, singular, third-person], seeing eye to eye [participle, present], saw eye to eye [past], seen eye to eye [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|see<,,saw,seen> eye to eye}} see eye to eye (third-person singular simple present sees eye to eye, present participle seeing eye to eye, simple past saw eye to eye, past participle seen eye to eye)
  1. (idiomatic, chiefly in the negative) To agree, especially in every respect; to concur; to get along. Tags: idiomatic Synonyms: eye-to-eye Related terms: beg to differ, on the same wavelength Translations (to agree, especially in every respect; to concur; to get along): olla yhteisymmärryksessä (Finnish), être sur la même longueur d’onde (French), voir les choses du même œil (French), être d’accord (French), συμφωνώ (symfonó) (Greek), zgadzać się [imperfective] (Polish), находить общий язык (naxoditʹ obščij jazyk) (Russian), сходиться во взглядах (sxoditʹsja vo vzgljadax) (Russian)

Inflected forms

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