coincide

coincide with (something)

1. To happen at the same time as something else. Election day is going to coincide with the festival, so they are expecting a low turnout.
2. To match or be identical to something. My personality just coincides with his—that's why we get along so well.
See also: coincide
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

coincide with something

to agree with or match something; [for something] to happen at the same time as something else. This pattern coincides with the pattern we see in the carpet. My birthday sometimes coincides with Thanksgiving Day.
See also: coincide
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
See also:
  • coincide with
  • coincide with (something)
  • turn around and (do something)
  • turn round/around and do something
  • just in time
  • any day now
  • any minute, day, time, etc. now
  • lag behind
  • lagging
  • lag
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DBS managing director Henry Beeby said: "DBS are delighted to reschedule the world's premier National Hunt breeze-up sales to coincide with the prestigious Hennessy meeting at Newbury.
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TORIES yesterday accused the Fire Brigades Union of being "Saddam's friends" who had timed their next strike to coincide with possible military action against Iraq.
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Humans United in Giving International then distributed these goods to four Romanian orphanages to coincide with their program of nurturing, grooming, clothing, feeding, and playtime activities.
An exhibition on Soane's influence on twentieth-century architecture is on at John Soane's Museum and this new biography by Gillian Darley was hurried out to coincide with the exhibition on the master held at the Royal Academy at the end of last year.
If this does not coincide with the coach's "big picture" for the program, disharmony between the coach and the administration is inevitable.