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Synonyms

compare notes

Idioms  

  1. Exchange information, observations, or opinions about something, as in Michael and Jane always compare notes after a department meeting. This term originally referred to written notes. [c. 1700]

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Each person can experience the same story differently, and can compare notes with friends.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 23, 2026

Prof Masterson asked to be put in touch with surgeons in the UK to compare notes.

From BBC • Aug. 12, 2025

“I Kissed a Girl,” which puts a bouncy folk-pop groove beneath Sobule’s lightly raspy vocal, opens with two friends hanging out one night as they compare notes on their disappointing boyfriends.

From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2025

Sullivan said they would discuss "a vision for a more stable and prosperous and integrated region, as well as to compare notes on effectively countering and deterring Iran."

From Reuters • Sep. 19, 2023

Over tea, we’d compare notes and be unsurprised by all the ways we are different.

From "Americanized" by Sara Saedi

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