jibe with

jibe with (something)

1. To compliment something well; to mesh well with something. I'm sorry, but that marketing campaign just doesn't jibe with our brand.
2. To fit together with something in a logical or sensible manner. I think they're lying because parts of their story just don't jibe with what the others have told us.
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Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

jibe with something

[for something] to agree with something. Your story doesn't jibe with what we heard from the arresting officer. Her tale jibes with yours quite well.
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McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.

jibe with

v.
To be in accord with something; agree with something: My calculations jibe with the ones that the accountant made.
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The American Heritage® Dictionary of Phrasal Verbs.
See also:
  • a/the feel of (something)
  • (I) wouldn't (do something) if I were you
  • a straw will show which way the wind blows
  • a crack at (someone or something)
  • all right
  • (you) wanna make something of it?
  • all for the best
  • a thing of the past
  • a slew of (something)
  • a bird in the hand
References in classic literature
The children of the town steal round to watch them, wondering; and brawny country wenches, laughing, draw near to bandy ale- house jest and jibe with the swaggering troopers, so unlike the village swains, who, now despised, stand apart behind, with vacant grins upon their broad, peering faces.
Three Men In A Boat
Crookes and Wallace ranged up on the opposing side, while Sir Oliver Lodge attempted to formulate a compromise that would jibe with his particular cosmic theories.
Martin Eden
When the results failed to jibe with the Bush administration's pro-privatization bent, the department resorted to a common tactic: Department staffers released the report late on Friday afternoon with no fanfare and ran home for the weekend.
Education Dept. seeks to bury study proving public school success
Obviously, such a statistic isn't measurable; it's certainly debatable, and it doesn't jibe with conventional wisdom that new hires are on "probation" for 90 days to prove their worth.
The First 90 Days: Critical Success Strategies for New Leaders at All Levels
An example of how your vacation can jibe with ecotourism: Stay at a "tree-house resort." These huts are built high in the trees.
e eco-tourism: life
"The parts I've seen of the video just don't jibe with what they're claiming they are," he said.
Gay Disney video tours the South
But how does all of this jibe with that safety tattoo?
Volvo's split personality. (WIP)
Although the findings didn't exactly jibe with his first-hand knowledge, he was so eager to improve this part of his district that he immediately began revamping some policies.
Reader beware. (Editor's Letter)
These findings of a new epidemiological study jibe with a current hypothesis that contact with hormone-like chemicals before birth raises a male's risk of various genital problems.
Testicular cancer tied to a fetus' pollutant contact. (Moms' POPs, Sons' Problems)
Paul's Cathedral in Kamloops said that sometimes the "legal parameters don't necessarily jibe with the realities of being human, alive.
Motion on same-sex blessing withdrawn
* The information reported didn't jibe with the taxpayer's filing status.
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968 to mean "To be in accord; agree: Your figures jibe with mine.
Valek challenges role of health prevention; peers mull jibe v. jive
How did his tactics and techniques jibe with the American character, or not jibe with it?
Edward Lansdale: The Unquiet American
Towey's claims to be non-political also don't jibe with recent revelations in The Washington Times that he lent his name and White House credentials to a fund-raising effort sponsored by a conservative Catholic publication.
'Faith Czar' Jim Towey denies political agenda, but facts show otherwise
These results jibe with existing data that retinoic acid and other hormones cycle up and down through the day.
Vitamin A calibrates a heart clock, 24-7