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common ground

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common ground
n.
A foundation for mutual understanding: "The leaders failed to find common ground on the defensive side of this possible bargain" (McGeorge Bundy).
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Noun1.common ground - a basis agreed to by all parties for reaching a mutual understanding
basis, footing, ground - a relation that provides the foundation for something; "they were on a friendly footing"; "he worked on an interim basis"
Translations
common ground n (fig) → terrain m d'entente
common ground common n (fig) → gemeinsame Basis f
common ground n (fig) → terreno comune


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The only common ground of communication upon which dogs and men can get together is in fiction.
He was too well-bred a man not to match me on the common ground of courtesy.
I was queer company enough-- quite as queer as the company I received; but as I trace over what we went through I see how much common ground we must have found in the one idea that, by good fortune, COULD steady us.
 
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