the idea behind

phrase

: the reason for (something)

I just don't get/understand the idea behind this change in the rules.

Examples of the idea behind in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

That is basically the idea behind Self-Align, a technique that researchers at Carnegie Mellon University, the University of Massachusetts Amherst, and IBM have developed. — Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 16 May 2023

That is the idea behind the new $70 million Sharp Prebys Innovation and Education Center, a four-story, state-of-the-art training venue dedicated Friday in Kearny Mesa. — Paul Sisson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Apr. 2023

That was the idea behind the thunder house, which in the second half of the 1700s became a popular means of getting out the word about Benjamin Franklin’s experiments on the lightning rod. — IEEE Spectrum, 1 Apr. 2023

That’s the idea behind their app, RealOpen, which launched in April. — Isabel Lord, Forbes, 29 Dec. 2022

Rhymes for the idea behind

• aligned
• alined
• assigned
• combined
• confined
• consigned
• crosswind
• declined
• defined
• designed
• divined
• enshrined