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of one mind
- (idiomatic, of two or more people) Having the same viewpoint, opinion, or attitude; in agreement.
- Synonyms: of like mind, of the same mind, as one, at one, concordant, unanimous
1813 January 27, [Jane Austen], chapter 52, in Pride and Prejudice: , volumes (please specify |volume=I to III), London: for T Egerton, , →OCLC:"Come, Mr. Wickham, we are brother and sister, you know. Do not let us quarrel about the past. In future, I hope we shall be always of one mind."
1856, Charlotte M. Yonge, “ch. 7”, in The Daisy Chain, or Aspirations:[T]he two sisters were more of one mind than usual.
1878 January–December, Thomas Hardy, chapter 4, in The Return of the Native , volumes (please specify |volume=I to III), London: Smith, Elder, & Co., , published 1878, →OCLC:"How extraordinary that you and my mother should be of one mind about this!" said Yeobright.
2005 February 13, Bruce Crumley, “Bizwatch: Tax Americana”, in Time:French President Jacques Chirac may be the anti-George W. Bush in foreign policy, but when it comes to lowering taxes, the two leaders are of one mind.
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- Almost always preceded by a form of the verb to be.
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