Definition of rhyme or reason
: good sense or reason
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There seems to be little rhyme or reason to what gets deranked and what doesn’t.
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Police also are considering a rhyme or reason to the targets.
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Dwarfs, like bees, appear aimless in their flights—up and down, left and right, with no obvious rhyme or reason.
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According to Adam, there's little rhyme or reason to the statues' placement, or sometimes even the underlying motive.
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Its screen oscillated between blinding my retinas and dimming to unreadably dark with seemingly no rhyme or reason.
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But even those who had no real rhyme or reason to party found an excuse to strike a pose.
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There is no rhyme or reason to upset watch
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Unlike acne, milia can develop without a rhyme or reason and cannot be extracted the way typical blemishes can be, says Marchbein.
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First Known Use of rhyme or reason
15th century
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