Meaning of compare notes | Babel Free

Definitions

To exchange information and ideas about related experiences.

idiomatic

Examples

“Two minutes are allowed "Condor" at Carlisle, and those involved had no time to compare⟳ notes on the state of the nation, the management, the unions or the racing calendar.”

“Priscilla's only problem in the first trimester was fatigue. She said, "It helped to compare⟳ notes with women who had many more discomforts than I did."”

“They cultivate rootlessness and cynicism, shout⟳ ironic encouragement from the sidelines of football fields, compare⟳ notes on the boring ineffectuality of adults, compare⟳ notes on ventures in piss-taking, indolently lay⟳ sardonic plans for the future.”

“It follows, of course, that when people from different countries with different moneys compare⟳ notes they find⟳ that their ideas are in conflict.”

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