level with
phrasal verb
leveled with or levelled with; leveling with or levelling with; levels with
informal
: to speak honestly to (someone)
He never leveled with his parents about the accident.
Level with me. Why did you do it?
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What is the comfort level with feedback or candid conversations, for example?
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Julie Kratz, Forbes.com, 29 June 2025
Last season, the average age of West Ham’s team was the joint-oldest in the Premier League (28.8 years old, level with Everton).
—Roshane Thomas, New York Times, 27 June 2025
The drug helped patients lose as much as 24.3% of their weight after 36 weeks, and also showed signs of improving blood sugar levels with side effects generally in line with other obesity medicines.
—Annika Kim Constantino,ashley Capoot, CNBC, 25 June 2025
In the three days since the US strikes, the US power grid’s cyberthreat-sharing center has monitored the dark web for Iranian activity, and hospital executives have checked in on the threat level with the FBI, sources familiar with those conversations told CNN.
—Sean Lyngaas, CNN Money, 24 June 2025
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Julie Kratz, Forbes.com, 29 June 2025
Last season, the average age of West Ham’s team was the joint-oldest in the Premier League (28.8 years old, level with Everton).
—Roshane Thomas, New York Times, 27 June 2025
The drug helped patients lose as much as 24.3% of their weight after 36 weeks, and also showed signs of improving blood sugar levels with side effects generally in line with other obesity medicines.
—Annika Kim Constantino,ashley Capoot, CNBC, 25 June 2025
In the three days since the US strikes, the US power grid’s cyberthreat-sharing center has monitored the dark web for Iranian activity, and hospital executives have checked in on the threat level with the FBI, sources familiar with those conversations told CNN.
—Sean Lyngaas, CNN Money, 24 June 2025
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“Level with.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/level%20with. Accessed 12 Jul. 2025.
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