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

Recent Examples on the Web

People compare notes on business expansion challenges and sometimes leave with partnerships that outlast any single conference badge. —Jason Phillips, USA Today, 22 Jan. 2026

Bonafilia describes the Edison Awards as an ecosystem where startups and global companies can connect, compare notes, and build what comes next. —Afdhel Aziz, Forbes.com, 20 Jan. 2026

Maybe the crisis of heterofatalism would be solved if lesbians and heterosexual women came together more often to compare notes on dating. —Zing Tsjeng, Vogue, 26 Dec. 2025

Hill and other adoptive parents and foster parents routinely compare notes in social media chat groups about difficulties getting care for their children. —Beth Warren, Nashville Tennessean, 8 Dec. 2025

Rhymes for compare notes

• anecdotes
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• asymptotes
• eukaryotes
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• prokaryotes
• banknotes
• connotes
• denotes
• devotes