agreement in principle

agreement in principle

An agreement in which the general terms or conditions of a deal are accepted without the complete details having been specified or necessarily agreed upon. There was an agreement in principle that the government would cover the cost of building a new school, but so far we haven't seen a clear proposal on how this would be accomplished.
See also: agreement, principle
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
See also:
  • agreement
  • make a fist of
  • make a good/bad/etc. fist of (something)
  • be just looking
  • see both sides
  • see both sides (of something)
  • join the great majority
  • majority
  • be around
  • see you then