compare notes

compare notes {v. phr.}, {informal}

To exchange thoughts or ideas about something; discuss together.

Mother and Mrs. Barker like to compare notes about cooking.

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[note] See: [COMPARE NOTES], [TAKE NOTE OF]. A Dictionary of American Idioms

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