stand to reason

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stand to reason

to seem reasonable. It stands to reason that it'll be colder in January than it is in November. It stands to reason that Bill left in a hurry, although no one saw him go.

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For, it inscrutably appeared to stand to reason, in the minds of the whole company, that I was an excrescence on the entertainment. Great Expectations by Dickens, Charles View in context "It doesn't stand to reason that a pretty woman could be th' mother o' such a fou' little lass," she had added obstinately. The Secret Garden by Burnett, Frances Hodgson View in context Would it stand to reason, that such a fish should live and be catched in this here little pond of water, where it’s hardly deep enough to drown a man, as you’ll find in the wide ocean, where, as every body knows that is, everybody that has followed the seas, whales and grampuses are to be seen, that are as long as one of the pine- trees on yonder mountain? The Pioneers by Cooper, James Fenimore View in context			stand in good stead stand off stand off from stand on stand on ceremony stand on dignity stand on head stand on its head stand on own feet stand on own two feet stand on two feet stand or fall by stand out stand out a mile stand out from the crowd stand out like a sore thumb stand outside stand over stand pat stand shoulder to shoulder stand tall stand the test of time stand there with bare face hanging out stand to a treat stand to lose stand to reason stand together stand trial stand up stand up against stand up and be counted stand up for stand up in court stand up to stand up with stand well with stand with standard standing standing joke standstill star star as star in star-crossed lovers starch stare stare at stare down stare in the face stare into			Stand seised to uses stand sentinel stand sheet stand sheet stand shoulder to shoulder stand still stand still stand still for stand still for something Stand Tall Stand Tall Stand Tall Stand Tall stand the cost stand the cost of stand the hazard stand the pace stand the pace stand the pace stand the pace stand the strain stand the test stand the test of time stand there with bare face hanging out stand to stand to stand to stand to stand to a treat stand to lose stand to reason stand together Stand Together Against Narcotics and other Illegal Drugs stand trial stand up stand up stand up stand up stand up Stand Up (album) Stand Up (song) stand up against stand up and be counted Stand Up and Take Action Stand Up and Vote stand up before someone Stand up Bottle Take away Stand Up Comedy Klubben stand up for stand up for stand up for stand up for stand up for Stand Up for Animals Stand Up for Your Rights stand up in court Stand Up Paddle Association Stand Up Paddleboarding Stand Up Sit Down stand up to stand up to

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