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for the sake of argument

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for the sake of argument
in order to consider the possibility Assume, for the sake of argument, that what she says is true.
See also: argument, sake
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As to this case, if you will have scratches, we say that, for anything we know, you may have accounted for them, assuming for the sake of argument that you have not invented them
Great Expectations by Dickens, Charles View in context
I don't exactly know (he has been dead so long) how many pictures he turned out, from first to last; but we will say, for the sake of argument, five hundred.
A Rogue's Life by Collins, Wilkie View in context
Grimwig backed and confirmed nearly every assertion he made; and it was the more singular in his case, because, even admitting for the sake of argument, the possibility of scientific improvements being brought to that pass which will enable a gentleman to eat his own head in the event of his being so disposed, Mr.
Oliver Twist Or The Parish Boy's Progress by Dickens, Charles View in context
 
 
 
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