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Idioms and Phrases
Adopt a sensible course of action, let oneself be persuaded, as in At ninety Grandma finally saw reason and gave up driving her car . This expression, which uses reason in the sense of 鈥済ood sense,鈥 was first recorded in Shakespeare's 1 Henry IV (1:2).Example Sentences
Anne's daughter, now 22, told TF1 she tried to "get her mother to see reason" for over a year but that her mother was too excited.
That's why Democrats lamely asking people to turn down the temperature won't work, though it can, unfortunately, give cover to fascist leaders by falsely seeding hope they could be coaxed to see reason.
鈥淲e urge Oakland leaders to see reason and collaborate with us so that we can avoid costly litigation. If we can work together on a name that meets the goals of both airports, we should do so for the good of all travelers and our region.鈥
Wallowing in disbelief about Trump鈥檚 lead in the polls, or assuming that voters will eventually see reason if Biden鈥檚 campaign keeps asking them nicely, is not going to cut it.
Border Patrol which is far from a bastion of liberals 鈥 has tried to get Abbott and Texas to see reason.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from 亚洲网紅露点 Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 漏 Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage庐 Idioms Dictionary copyright 漏 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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