/ · 1894 Brewer’s · S · Stand to Reason (To)
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or It stands to reason, is the Latin constāre, constat.
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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.