go without saying

verb

Etymology

Calque of French aller sans dire.

Definitions

  1. To not need to be said or mentioned

    To not need to be said or mentioned; to be obvious, apparent, clear, or already established.

    • It goes without saying that our volunteers love their work.
    • It almost goes without saying that the train is fully soundproofed, with double-glazed windows and highly efficient air-conditioning by the British firm of J. Stone.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for go without saying. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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