have a lot in common

idiom

: to share interests, beliefs, attitudes, opinions, etc.

They have a lot (of things) in common.

You're a musician too? I guess we have a lot in common.

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Three of them, Pachinko, The Sympathizer, and Shōgun, have a lot in common, from historical settings and literary source material to multilingual scripts and almost entirely Asian casts, but each also has a voice all its own. —

Judy Berman, TIME, 3 Dec. 2024 The Hernandez brothers, unsurprisingly, have a lot in common. —

Charlotte Harpur, The Athletic, 8 July 2024 The real vice-president and the fake one don’t have a lot in common. —

Jen Chaney, Vulture, 21 Aug. 2024 Tyla and Lisa have a lot in common, starting with their parallel rises to worldwide fame. —

Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 17 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for have a lot in common

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