agree to disagree

phrase

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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Unless the two of you can agree to disagree, take her up on her offer. — Abigail Van Buren, Boston Herald, 19 Nov. 2025 Reasonable people can agree to disagree if Dubas made the correct call to keep Rakell. — Rob Rossi, The Athletic, 13 Mar. 2025 But Europe and the United States can agree to disagree while respecting each other’s core sensitivities, mostly those related to defense and security. — Arancha González Laya, Foreign Affairs, 6 Jan. 2025 At this, Tori attempts to rationally reason with her former friend, asking to agree to disagree on their feud and leave it in the past. — Emma Sharpe, Vulture, 18 Dec. 2024 The great news about living in the United States is that we are supposed to be able to agree to disagree. — Harriette Cole, The Mercury News, 25 Nov. 2024 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

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“Agree to disagree.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/agree%20to%20disagree. Accessed 30 Sep. 2026.

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