a meeting of (the) minds

noun phrase

: an understanding or agreement between two people or groups

The company and the union tried to come to a meeting of (the) minds.

Examples of a meeting of (the) minds in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Following a meeting of the minds, Drew Gilbert sent a deep drive to the left-center field warning track, a fly ball that didn’t have the legs to leave the yard. — Justice Delos Santos, Mercury News, 14 May 2026

Ian O’Connor, columnist Wine o’clock under the umbrellas Beneath the sprawling oak tree that sits adjacent to the Augusta National clubhouse is a meeting of the minds of golf. — Ian O'Connor, New York Times, 6 Apr. 2026

The climax of 2018’s Crazy Rich Asians takes place over a mah-jongg table, and there’s no missing the implications of skill, intelligence, and power dynamics at play, a meeting of minds. — Kase Wickman, Vanity Fair, 10 Mar. 2026

In 2023, Tierra Whack and Lil Yachty met up in Brooklyn to chat about the state of hip-hop, followed by a meeting of the minds between Jon Batiste and Gucci Mane. — Rolling Stone, 3 Sep. 2025