see eye to eye
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Meaning · English
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Where it’s used:
Used
Widespread English
Examples
Like other frontier peoples, the French Basques have not always seen eye to eye with Paris.
The two have never seen eye to eye apparently and although some papers called him a hothead, Horton insists he wasn't going to have a go at the ref, who was given a police escort back to the dressing rooms.
British National Corpus sentence via the MAGPIE corpus (CC BY 4.0, retrieved 2026-07-30)
Sources & notes
Listed in Wiktionary’s “English idioms” category (retrieved 2026-07-29); definition pending editorial review. Figurative class: Metaphor (PIE-English corpus, CC BY 4.0, retrieved 2026-07-31).
Common questions
What does “see eye to eye” mean?
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Is “see eye to eye” formal or informal?
No register label has been reviewed yet — treat it as neutral and check the usage notes above.