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Interesting, maybe it's because I'm English, it felt like the right expression.

"The British Oxford English Dictionary flags jibe in the sense of “to agree with” as “chiefly U.S.” Unlike Merriam-Webster, however, the OED includes this definition under the word jive:

b. intr. To make sense; to fit in. U.S. Cf JIBE v."

http://americanenglishdoctor.com/wordpress/jive-and-jibe



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