in phase

Idioms  

1. Also, in sync. In a correlated or synchronized way; in accord, in harmony. For example, If everyone were in phase we could step up the schedule, or John and Pat often say the same thing at the same time; their minds are perfectly in sync. Both versions of this idiom refer to physical phenomena. The first, dating from the second half of the 1800s, alludes to being at the same stage in a series of movements. The second, a slangy abbreviation of synchronization dating from the mid-1900s, alludes to exact coincidence in the time or rate of movement. Also see in step; phase in; for the antonym, see out of phase.

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Instead, the governor’s office said city officials would need to devise a new system to value these second homes in phase two.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 15, 2026

The researchers also tested a drug that specifically blocks IRE1α and is already in phase 1 clinical trials for cancer.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 21, 2025

It is estimated to cost about £175m, with up to three more ferries to follow in phase two.

From BBC ● Jul. 16, 2024

Immunologist Jianhua Yu of City of Hope and his colleagues have created two viruses that shrank tumors in animals and could soon be in phase 1 trials.

From Science Magazine ● Dec. 4, 2023

In general, Tb's showed a marked circadian cycle in phase with photoperiod.

From Metabolic Adaptation to Climate and Distribution of the Raccoon Procyon Lotor and Other Procyonidae by Kathleen P. Mahlke-Johnson