stand to reason
verb/ˌstænd tə ˈɹiːzn̩/UK/ˌstænd tə ˈɹiz(ə)n/US
Etymology
From stand (“(archaic or obsolete) to be consistent; to accord, agree”) + to + reason.
Definitions
To seem logical, rational, or reasonable
To seem logical, rational, or reasonable; to make sense.
- It stands to reason that because of the difference in climate the necessity for rugging a horse in Australia would vary considerably from that in cold countries like England […]
- But if the saying that those who want to govern, shouldn’t, applies here, does it really stand to reason that reluctant, brooding, can’t-be-bothered-to-say-goodbye-to-Ghost-the-good-boy types should?
The neighborhood
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No curated loop yet for stand to reason. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA