stand to reason
idiom
: to be sensible or understandable
If her friends don't want to go, it stands to reason that she won't want to go either.
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This would stand to reason that the board’s decision to oust Altman would more than likely have been provoked by Sutskever.
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Hessie Jones, Forbes, 30 Nov. 2023
The sound in his voice was not vengeance, though that would stand to reason.
—Suzette Hackney, USA TODAY, 6 July 2023
Hessie Jones, Forbes, 30 Nov. 2023
The sound in his voice was not vengeance, though that would stand to reason.
—Suzette Hackney, USA TODAY, 6 July 2023
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“Stand to reason.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stand%20to%20reason. Accessed 26 Apr. 2024.
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