stand to reason

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Verb

stand to reason (third-person singular simple present stands to reason, present participle standing to reason, simple past and past participle stood to reason)

  1. (idiomatic) To make sense; to seem logical, reasonable, or rational.
    If nobody asked the question yet, then it stands to reason that nobody has tried answering.

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Last modified on 29 March 2012, at 15:40