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saw eye to eye

saw eye to eye is the simple past of see eye to eye.

Meaning of see eye to eye

Verb

see eye to eye (third-person singular simple present sees eye to eye, present participle seeing eye to eye, simple past saw eye to eye, past participle seen eye to eye)

  1. (idiomatic) To agree, especially in every respect; to concur; to get along.
    • 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

Questions about saw eye to eye

What is saw eye to eye the simple past of?
Saw eye to eye is the simple past of see eye to eye.

Words near saw eye to eye in the dictionary

  1. saw coming
  2. saw daylight
  3. saw doctor
  4. saw doctors
  5. saw dollar signs
  6. saw eye to eye
  7. saw file
  8. saw files
  9. saw fit
  10. saw for oneself
  11. saw gin

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