on the same page

English

Pronunciation

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Prepositional phrase

on the same page

1. (idiomatic) In broad agreement or sharing a common general understanding or knowledge (common in office environments).

   I want to make sure we're all on the same page with the game plan for the Acme account.

   • 2021 July 28, Paul Clifton, “Network News: Confusion and dissent over face mask requirements”, in RAIL, number 936, page 9:

     Our unions want to see their members protected, and we have no desire to get into conflict with them on this. We're all on the same page.

   • 2023 December 9, Tripp Mickle, Cade Metz, Mike Isaac, Karen Weise, quoting Sam Altman, “Inside OpenAI’s Crisis Over the Future of Artificial Intelligence”, in The New York Times‎^[1], →ISSN:

     He later emailed OpenAI’s executives, telling them that he had reprimanded Ms. Toner. “I did not feel we’re on the same page on the damage of all this,” he wrote.

2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: on the same page.

Translations

on the same page — see also on the same wavelength

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

• Finnish: samoilla linjoilla
• French: (être) sur la même longueur d’onde (fr)
• German: auf gleicher Wellenlänge (sein), die gleiche Wellenlänge (haben), der selber Wellenlänge (sein), der gleichen Meinung (sein)
• Hungarian: egyetért (hu), egy állásponton​/​véleményen​/​platformon van, hasonlóan gondolkodik
• Swedish: på samma våglängd

See also

• on board
• see eye to eye