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agree to disagree en · VERB

Pronunciation

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Meanings

1. (idiomatic, of two persons or other parties) To accept each other's opinions and cease arguing; to peacefully acknowledge that an agreement will not be reached.
   • We knew that no agreement concerning Taiwan could be reached at this time. While both sides could agree that Taiwan was a part of China — a position supported by both the Peking and Taiwan governments — we would have to oppose the use of military force by Peking to bring Taiwan under Communist rule. Our lengthy discussions resulted as we expected: we could only agree to disagree and to reflect our differences in the communiqué. Thanks largely to Kissinger's negotiating skill and Chou's common sense, the Chinese finally agreed to sufficiently modified language. 1978, Richard Nixon, RN: the Memoirs of Richard Nixon, Grosset & Dunlap, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 571:
   • By 1849, they agreed amicably to disagree, and McCormick bought the Ogden and Jones half of the business for $65,000. 1931, Cyrus Hall McCormick III, The Century of the Reaper, page 29:
   • Canada and the United States finally agreed to disagree. Although both countries hold to their separate views of the Northwest Passage, U.S. merchant ships adhere strictly to Canadian regulations there. 1990 August, John Bockstoce, “Changing Images of the Northwest Passage”, in National Geographic, volume 178, number 2, page 23:
   • I know we’re never going to agree on the merits of vegetarianism, so let’s agree to disagree, shall we?

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Translations (18)

es concordar discordar (tolerate one another's opinion and stop arguing) · es para ti la perra gorda (tolerate one another's opinion and stop arguing) · he הסכים שלא להסכים (tolerate one another's opinion and stop arguing) · eo konsenti malkonsenti (tolerate one another's opinion and stop arguing) · nl agree to disagree (tolerate one another's opinion and stop arguing) · es ponerse de acuerdo con estar en desacuerdo (tolerate one another's opinion and stop arguing) · es concurrir en descordar (tolerate one another's opinion and stop arguing) · id sepakat untuk tidak setuju (tolerate one another's opinion and stop arguing) · es acordar discrepar (tolerate one another's opinion and stop arguing) · es ponerse concorde con estar discorde (tolerate one another's opinion and stop arguing) · pt concordar em discordar (tolerate one another's opinion and stop arguing) · es ponerse acorde con estar desacorde (tolerate one another's opinion and stop arguing) · id setuju untuk tidak setuju (tolerate one another's opinion and stop arguing) · es convenir en desconvenir (tolerate one another's opinion and stop arguing) · es quedar en desacordar (tolerate one another's opinion and stop arguing) · pl respektować odmienne zdanie (tolerate one another's opinion and stop arguing) · cmn 求同存異 /求同存异 (tolerate one another's opinion and stop arguing) · fi sopia siitä, että ollaan eri mieltä (tolerate one another's opinion and stop arguing)