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Idiom idiom

meeting of the minds


An agreement, especially one resulting from a gathering in which discussion or negotiation took place.

Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.


SIMPLE

The two partners finally had a meeting of the minds.

CONTEXTUAL

After hours of debate, the committee reached a meeting of the minds regarding the new project budget.

COMPLEX

Following a long period of disagreement, the diplomats achieved a genuine meeting of the minds that paved the way for a lasting peace treaty.


Related idioms8entries
  1. 01

    bear in mind

    To hold (something) in the memory; to remember; also, to be mindful of or pay attention to (something); to consider; to note.

  2. 02

    blow someone's mind

    To astonish someone; to flabbergast someone.

  3. 03

    bored out of one's mind

    Extremely bored.

  4. 04

    cast one's mind back

    To try to remember a particular time or event; to think about something in the past.

  5. 05

    change one's mind

    To decide differently than one had decided before.

  6. 06

    change someone's mind

    To convince someone to make a choice or develop a preference differing from their previous one.

  7. 07

    close one's mind

    To refuse to understand things.

  8. 08

    come to mind

    To appear in one's thoughts.

Last updated August 10, 2026