Expressions used in Everyday Spoken English in Social and Professional contexts
agree to disagree
agree to disagree
Meaning(s)
1) accept that you won't come to the same conclusion
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I think we'll just agree to disagree about that
Analysis
When you ‘agree to disagree’ you accept that two or more parties will not reach an agreement or a satisfactory compromise. This is usually used in situations where there is a disagreement but nobody wants any hard feelings.
Social Examples (Basic)
After hours of arguing and getting nowhere, we justagreed to disagreeand left it at that.
Look, we're never going to see eye to eye on this. Let's just agree to disagree and move on.
Professional Examples (Basic)
It's obvious we both have different opinions on where the fault lies let's just agree to disagree.
Someone needs to make a clear decision so we can move onto the next stage we can't just agree to disagree.