where someone is coming from

English

Phrase

where someone is coming from

1. (informal) The reasonable, but possibly incorrect, motivations or premises to someone's argument.

   I don't entirely agree, but I can see where you are coming from.

Translations

reasonable premises to an argument

• Italian: che cosa ha in mente

Further reading

• “where someone is coming from”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
• “where one is coming from”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
• “where someone is coming from”, in Collins English Dictionary.
• “where someone is coming from”, in Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, 1999–present.
• “know/see where sb is coming from”, in Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, 1999–present.