find common ground
Discover shared beliefs
Find common ground is to identify shared beliefs, interests, or goals with someone despite disagreements elsewhere.
The phrase implies working past differences to locate areas of agreement: The negotiators struggled to find common ground on trade policy.
Common ground is the metaphorical territory where opposing parties can meet.
- compromiseAgreement through mutual sacrifice
- give and takeMutual concession between parties
- agreeHold the same view
- consensusGeneral group agreement
- see eye to eyeAgree completely on something
reach agreement · negotiate · work it out · bridge · build bridges · connect · mutual · understanding · open dialogue · meet halfway · reconcile · come together · harmony · overlap · shared · dialogue · unity · bond
- reconciliationreconciliation, reconcile, reconciled, reconciling, making up
- Understanding Othersknow someone, see through, figure out, size up, empathize
- fixesfix, repair, mend, correction, correct
- involvementparticipate, participation, join in, involvement, take part
find common groundclash
Violent disagreement or collision
butt heads · deadlock · stalemate · agree to disagree · come to blows
find common grounddig in one's heels
Refuse to change position
stand one's ground · hold firm · double down · entrench · stick to one's guns
find common grounddrive a wedge
Cause separation between parties
sow discord · polarize · splinter · fracture · divide
find, finding, found, finder, finders, common, commonly, uncommon, commonality