on the same page

prepositional phrase

In broad agreement or sharing a common general understanding or knowledge (common in office environments).

“I want to make sure we're all on the same page with the game plan for the Acme account.”

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Meanings

prepositional phrase
  1. idiomaticIn broad agreement or sharing a common general understanding or knowledge (common in office environments).

    I want to make sure we're all on the same page with the game plan for the Acme account.

    2 more examples

    Our unions want to see their members protected, and we have no desire to get into conflict with them on this. We're all on the same page.

    2021 July 28, Paul Clifton, “Network News: Confusion and dissent over face mask requirements”, in RAIL, number 936, page 9

    He later emailed OpenAI’s executives, telling them that he had reprimanded Ms. Toner. “I did not feel we’re on the same page on the damage of all this,” he wrote.

    2023 December 9, Tripp Mickle, Cade Metz, Mike Isaac, Karen Weise, quoting Sam Altman, “Inside OpenAI’s Crisis Over the Future of Artificial Intelligence”, in The New York Times, →ISSN
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: on the same page.

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
aware

Translations

Chinese Mandarin 達成共識 /达成共识
  • 達成共識 /达成共识 (dáchéng gòngshí)on the same page
Dutch in overeenstemming, op dezelfde golflengte
  • in overeenstemmingon the same page
  • op dezelfde golflengteon the same page
Finnish samoilla linjoilla
  • samoilla linjoillaon the same page
French (être) sur la même longueur d’onde
  • (être) sur la même longueur d’ondeon the same page
German auf gleicher Wellenlänge, auf dem Laufenden
  • auf gleicher Wellenlängeon the same page
  • auf dem Laufendenon the same page
Hungarian egyetért, egy állásponton/véleményen/platformon van
  • egyetérton the same page
  • egy állásponton/véleményen/platformon vanon the same page
  • hasonlóan gondolkodikon the same page
Icelandic með á nótunum
  • með á nótunumon the same page
Irish bheith ar comhthuiscint
  • bheith ar comhthuiscinton the same page
Spanish acordes, en la misma página
  • acordeson the same page
  • en la misma páginaon the same page
  • en la misma ondaon the same page
  • en la misma sintoníaon the same page
  • en sintoníaon the same page
Swedish på samma våglängd, med på noterna
  • på samma våglängdon the same page
  • med på noternaon the same page
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Chicago

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