much to be said

Definitions

Used to assert the defensibility or advisability of what follows.

Examples

“There is much to be said for a policy of caution.”

“The British empire had much to be said for it, but it is over – dead, deceased, struck off, no more.”

“Why not think⟳ of oneself as simply thrown together with fellow citizens or conationals in the same sort⟳ of random way as a group of people might be thrown together in a life-boat? There is much to be said in favor of such a story.”

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