come to an understanding

verb

Roget 518: be intelligible etc. adj.; speak for itself, speak volumes; tell its own tale, lie on the surface.    render intelligible etc. adj.; popularize, simplify, clear up; elucidate etc. (explain) 522.    understand, comprehend, take, take in; catch, grasp, follow, collect, master, make out; see with half an eye, see daylight, see one's way; enter into the ideas of; come to an understanding.    ... show more

Roget 714: agree etc. 23; accord, harmonize with; fraternize; be concordant etc. adj.; go hand in hand; run parallel etc. (concur) 178; understand one another, pull together etc. (cooperate) 709; put up one's horses together, sing in chorus.    side with, sympathize with, go with, chime in with, fall in with; come round; be pacified etc. 723; assent etc. 488; empathize with, enter into the ideas of, enter into the feelings of; reciprocate.    hurler avec les loups [Fr.]; go with the stream, swim with the stream.    keep in good humor, render accordant, put in tune; come to an understanding, meet halfway; keep the peace, remain at peace.    ... show more

Roget 723: pacify, tranquilize, compose; allay etc. (moderate) 174; reconcile, propitiate, placate, conciliate, meet halfway, hold out the olive branch, heal the breach, make peace, restore harmony, bring to terms.    settle matters, arrange matters, accommodate matters, accommodate differences; set straight; make up a quarrel, tantas componere lites [Lat.]; come to an understanding, come to terms; bridge over, hush up; make it, make matters up; shake hands; mend one's fences [U.S.].    raise a siege, lift a siege; put up the sword, sheathe the sword; bury the hatchet, lay down one's arms, turn swords into plowshares; smoke the calumet of peace, close the temple of Janus; keep the peace etc. (concord) 714; be pacified &c.; come round.    ... show more

Roget 769: contract, covenant, agree for; engage etc. (promise) 768.    treat, negotiate, stipulate, make terms; bargain etc. (barter) 794.    make a bargain, strike a bargain; come to terms, come to an understanding; compromise etc. 774; set at rest; close, close with; conclude, complete, settle; confirm, ratify, clench, subscribe, underwrite; endorse, indorse; put the seal to; sign, seal etc. (attest) 467; indent.    take one at one's word, bargain by inch of candle.    ... show more

Roget 488: assent; give assent, yield assent, nod assent; acquiesce; agree etc. 23; receive, accept, accede, accord, concur, lend oneself to, consent, coincide, reciprocate, go with; be at one with etc. adj.; go along with, chime in with, strike in with, close in with; echo, enter into one's views, agree in opinion; vote, give one's voice for; recognize; subscribe to, conform to, defer to; say yes to, say ditto, amen to, say aye to.    acknowledge, own, admit, allow, avow, confess; concede etc. (yield) 762; come round to; abide by; permit etc. 760.    arrive at an understanding, come to an understanding, come to terms, come to an agreement.    confirm, affirm; ratify, appprove, indorse, countersign; corroborate etc. 467.    go with the stream, swim with the stream, go with the flow, blow with the wind; be in fashion, join in the chorus, join the crowd, be one of the guys, be part of the group, go with the crowd, don't make waves; be in every mouth.    ... show more

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