If you have a driver's license, it stands to reason you can drive.
Joe is intelligent and studies hard; it stands to reason that he will pass the examination.
Словарь американских идиом. — СПб., Изд-во "Лань". Оригинал: A.Маккей, М.Т.Боткер, Дж.И.Гейтс. 1997.
stand to reason — to be sensible or understandable If her friends don t want to go, it stands to reason [=it makes sense] that she won t want to go either. • • • Main Entry: ↑reason stand to reason see ↑reason, 1 • • • Main Entry: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
Stand To Reason — is a Christian ministry run by Greg Koukl an author and blogger in Los Angeles, California. The ministry was founded in 1993 to to help believers think more clearly about and defend their faith. [cite news |first=Michael |last=Foust… … Wikipedia
stand to reason — {v. phr.} To seem very likely from the known facts. * /If you have a driver s license, it stands to reason you can drive./ * /Joe is intelligent and studies hard; it stands to reason that he will pass the examination./ … Dictionary of American idioms
stand to reason — {v. phr.} To seem very likely from the known facts. * /If you have a driver s license, it stands to reason you can drive./ * /Joe is intelligent and studies hard; it stands to reason that he will pass the examination./ … Dictionary of American idioms
stand to reason — verb To make sense; to seem logical, reasonable, or rational. If nobody asked the question yet, then it stands to reason that nobody has tried answering … Wiktionary
stand to reason — make sense, be logical If he told a lie about that it stands to reason that he will probably lie to you about other things too … Idioms and examples
stand to reason — to seem likely to be true. It stands to reason that the more experience you have, the better you ll be at solving problems … New idioms dictionary
To stand to reason — Stand Stand (st[a^]nd), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Stood} (st[oo^]d); p. pr. & vb. n. {Standing}.] [OE. standen; AS. standan; akin to OFries. stonda, st[=a]n, D. staan, OS. standan, st[=a]n, OHG. stantan, st[=a]n, G. stehen, Icel. standa, Dan. staae,… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
stand to reason — be logical, be reasonable … English contemporary dictionary
stand to reason — Seem reasonable, appear consistent … New dictionary of synonyms
