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it goes without saying

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It goes without saying.
something that you say when you believe that what you will say next is generally accepted or understood. It goes without saying that we're delighted about the new baby.
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it goes without saying
it should be generally understood or accepted. It goes without saying that you will improve your skills with practice.
Usage notes: sometimes used in the form that goes without saying
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It goes without saying that one must be conscientious and methodical.
They had me down in an instant, and it goes without saying that the six of them could have kept me there had it not been for Nobs; but while I was struggling to throw them off, Nobs was springing first upon one and then upon another of them until they were so put to it to preserve their hides and their lives from him that they could give me only a small part of their attention.
And if this strict scientific intangibility steeped even the shelves laden with lyrics and ballads and the tables laden with drink and tobacco, it goes without saying that yet more of such heathen holiness protected the other shelves that held the specialist's library, and the other tables that sustained the frail and even fairylike instruments of chemistry or mechanics.
 
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