where someone is coming from
English
Phrase
where someone is coming from
- (informal) The reasonable, but possibly incorrect, motivations or premises to someone's argument.
- I don't entirely agree, but I can see where you are coming from.
Translations
reasonable premises to an argument
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Further reading
- “where someone is coming from”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.
- “where one is coming from” in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
- “where someone is coming from” in the Collins English Dictionary
- “where someone is coming from” in the Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
- “know/see where sb is coming from” in the Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.