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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Ruling out caffeinated soda might stand to reason, but according to an official church statement released in 2012—two years after Swig was founded—it is not prohibited.
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Hannah Goldfield, The New Yorker, 21 Oct. 2024
This would stand to reason that the board’s decision to oust Altman would more than likely have been provoked by Sutskever.
—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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Hannah Goldfield, The New Yorker, 21 Oct. 2024
This would stand to reason that the board’s decision to oust Altman would more than likely have been provoked by Sutskever.
—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 15 Nov. 2024.
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