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common ground

idiom

A characteristic or interest shared by multiple people or systems; any belief, etc. held in common.


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Related idioms8entries
  1. 01

    common or garden variety

    An ordinary, standard kind.

  2. 02

    common purse

    A shared or community fund.

  3. 03

    common run

    Ordinary persons, things, or events.

  4. 04

    common touch

    The personal quality of showing understanding of and sympathy for the concerns of ordinary people; rapport with and acceptance by ordinary people, usually in a celebrity or leader.

  5. 05

    ear to the ground

    The practice or characteristic of carefully gathering information; a state or mindset of attentiveness.

  6. 06

    eyes on the ground

    One or more observers in an area of interest.

  7. 07

    facts on the ground

    The situation in reality as opposed to in the abstract.

  8. 08

    from the ground up

    From the beginning; starting with the basics, foundation, or fundamentals.

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