agree to disagree

idiom

variants or chiefly British agree to differ
: to agree not to argue anymore about a difference of opinion
He likes golf and his wife likes tennis, so when it comes to sports, they have agreed to disagree.

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Recent Examples on the Web Until then, though, the Americans and British will just have to agree to disagree about the SNL Oasis sketch. Callum Booth, Forbes, 14 Oct. 2024 By making this a priority, team members can have differences in opinion, engage in healthy debates and agree to disagree, and most importantly, walk away with dignity and respect for each other. Hanna Kang, Orange County Register, 4 Oct. 2024 Negotiate, reconsider your assumptions, and sometimes, agree to disagree, agree to lose. Maya Singer, Vogue, 1 July 2024 You’re allowed to agree to disagree and continue to do what brings you joy. Tarot.com, Baltimore Sun, 14 Apr. 2024 This ambiguity fostered cooperation during the Cold War, allowing the United States and the Soviet Union to agree to disagree on matters of territorial sovereignty and still expand their footprints on the continent. Elizabeth Buchanan, Foreign Affairs, 18 Mar. 2024 As for Taiwan, the superpowers could do worse than to dust off their old promise, hammered out by Kissinger, to agree to disagree. Niall Ferguson, Foreign Affairs, 20 Feb. 2024 The argument is likely not as meaningful as your friendship, so try to agree to disagree. Tarot Astrologers, Chicago Tribune, 23 July 2023 Working together to resolve your differences -- or at least to agree to disagree -- could be to your mutual benefit. Tarot Astrologers, chicagotribune.com, 3 Feb. 2022

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