compare notes

idiom

: to talk with another or to one another about something done or experienced in common

The parents compared notes on raising children.

I phoned a coworker after the meeting to compare notes.

Examples of compare notes in a Sentence

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While Addressing Racist Messages on Women Tell All (Exclusive) On proposal day, Daisy paid a visit to Kelsey's hotel room to compare notes on how things went when the each met Joey's family and had their last date with The Bachelor. —Dana Rose Falcone, Peoplemag, 26 Mar. 2024

Across many borders, artistic directors and teachers compare notes and communicate with each other. —Marcia Luttrell, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Dec. 2023

After they've been seen, women compare notes while sitting on the clinic's veranda, discussing how any of the medicines Umar has prescribed will be paid for. —Adie Vanessa Offiong, CNN, 29 Nov. 2023

Allen and Robyn Speaks, meanwhile, compare notes in hopes of being able to help. —oregonlive, 9 June 2023

At a small conference of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases in Los Angeles last month, experts gathered to compare notes on nonalcoholic steatohepatitis, a form of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease commonly known as NASH. —Isabella Cueto, STAT, 7 Apr. 2023

Western Hills teachers told how their pupils enjoyed the one-on-one attention from their tutors and liked to compare notes on where their tutors live. —Cynthia Howell, Arkansas Online, 6 Mar. 2023

The team meets weekly to compare notes, share insights and learn from local economists and appraisers. —Dallas News, 12 Feb. 2023

Over many years, Wainwright and Scherzer have not only become friends who compare notes about pitching or opponents but are rivals in fantasy football, against each other on the mound and, most fiercely, at the plate. —James Wagner, New York Times, 6 Oct. 2022