meeting of the minds

Idioms

Agreement, concord, as in The teachers and the headmaster had a meeting of the minds regarding smoking in school. This expression uses meet in the sense of “arrive at mutual agreement,” as clergyman Edward B. Pusey did in a letter of 1851: “Devout minds, of every school ... meet at least in this.”

Example Sentences

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What’s at stake if you never make it to this meeting of the minds over money is that the partner who takes care of everything can feel overwhelmed and guilt-ridden, while the unengaged one is at a huge financial risk if anything should happen to their spouse.

From MarketWatch

But he concluded that no such contract existed, adding that the communications did not “plausibly support an inference that the parties reached a meeting of the minds.”

From Los Angeles Times

“Undersigned” is purely a meeting of the minds, and those who treat it seriously will find it most revealing.

From Los Angeles Times

Adapting the book series required several changes, and Steinberg says there was “a very quick meeting of the minds” between Riordan, his wife Rebecca, who is an executive producer, and the rest of the production team about choosing which moments best captured the tone, spirit and heart of the book series.

From Los Angeles Times

Ms. Ernst suggested a meeting of the minds.

From Washington Times

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