be on the same wavelength
Definition
C2 (of two or more people) to think in a similar way and to understand each other well: I can't seem to get on with him - we're just not on the same wavelength.Describing people with the same qualitiesSimilar and the same
(Definition of be on the same wavelength from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- a chip off the old block idiom
- a meeting of minds idiom
- be cast in the same mould idiom
- be of like mind idiom
- be of the same mind idiom
- birds of a feather flock together idiom
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- common noun (SHARED)
- dead ringer noun
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