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stood to reason

stood to reason is the simple past and past participle of stand to reason.

Meaning of stand to reason

Verb

stand to reason (third-person singular simple present stands to reason, present participle standing to reason, simple past and past participle stood to reason)

  1. (idiomatic) To seem logical, rational, or reasonable; to make sense.
    • It stands to reason that because of the difference in climate the necessity for rugging a horse in Australia would vary considerably from that in cold countries like England […]1966, M[argaret] I. Clarke, Care of the Horse and Pony, San Francisco, Calif.: Tri-Ocean Books, →OCLC, page 45, column 1

Questions about stood to reason

What is stood to reason the simple past and past participle of?
Stood to reason is the simple past and past participle of stand to reason.

Words near stood to reason in the dictionary

  1. stood tall
  2. stood the gaff
  3. stood the test of time
  4. stood there like a lemon
  5. stood to
  6. stood to reason
  7. stood together
  8. stood treat
  9. stood trial
  10. stood under
  11. stood up

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