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needless to say
Idioms and Phrases
Very likely or obvious, self-evident, as in Needless to say, the availability of assault weapons is closely connected with crime . Although nonsensical at first glance (if unnecessary to say, why say it?), this phrase is generally used for emphasis. It originated as needless to speak in the early 1500s. Also see go without (saying) .Example Sentences
Needless to say, Democratic leaders are not setting cars on fire or encouraging this behavior.
"The constitutional role of the president is to faithfully execute the laws. Needless to say the president is doing anything but that in the moment."
Needless to say, those hats were met with incredulity and amusement over the weekend before being pulled from MLB’s online stores Monday.
This, needless to say, is not where Musselman intended his team to be by the end of his first season.
“Needless to say,” Lipomi wrote of his research, “this project is not espousing class warfare.”
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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