see eye to eye

present singular third person sees eye to eye · participle present seeing eye to eye · past saw eye to eye · participle past seen eye to eye · alternative see eye-to-eye

1. idiomaticTo agree, especially in every respect; to concur; to get along.

   Plainly, the Government and Dr. Beeching have not seen eye to eye, to say the least, on railway wages.

   1962 March, “Talking of Trains: The not-so-free hand”, in Modern Railways, page 147

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   But the friend merely spoke of his friend; and since no two people in the world see eye to eye, the picture conveyed to Collinson was inaccurate.

   1899 May, Rudyard Kipling, “The Flag of Their Country”, in Stalky & Co., London: Macmillan & Co., published 1899, →OCLC, page 206

   In the course of their professional career they did not often hear their superior make many suggestions with which they saw eye to eye, but he had certainly, in their opinion, spoken a mouthful now.

   1920 March – 1921 February, P[elham] G[renville] Wodehouse, “The Bomb”, in Indiscretions of Archie, New York, N.Y.: A[lbert] L[evi] Burt Company, […], published 1921, →OCLC, page 52

   It is not surprising that the railway companies concerned in operation of joint lines did not always see eye to eye, and one Act of 1858 brings clearly above the surface some of the difficulties which arose.

   1958 December 28, N. Caplan, “Parliament and Railways in 1858”, in Railway Magazine, pages 834-835

   Our love shines brigther, than the morning sun / Two hearts together becoming as one / You're a part of me - that never dies / Love undivided, 'cause we see eye to eye

   1977, Eddie Kendricks, “Intimate Friends”, in Slick

   Furthermore, Silverstein and Pataki never completely saw eye to eye on the master plan, disagreeing on such issues as the choice of architect.

   2006 March 30, Ta-Nehisi Paul Coates, “What's Behind the Ground Zero Stalemate”, in Time