verb phrase🎓 English idiom
see eye to eye
to agree
What it means
To agree with someone or share the same opinion about something. It is most often used in the negative to point out that two people do not agree.
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Examples
- My brother and I don't always see eye to eye on politics.
- The two managers finally saw eye to eye on the new schedule.
- We see eye to eye about how the children should be raised.
- They rarely see eye to eye, but they respect each other anyway.
Where it comes from
The phrase comes from the King James Bible, in the Book of Isaiah, which speaks of watchmen who 'shall see eye to eye'. Over time the meaning shifted from seeing the same thing to agreeing.
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