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Be self-evident, a matter of course. For example, It goes without saying that success is the product of hard work. This expression is a translation of the French cela va sans dire. [Second half of 1800s]

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How to use go without saying in a sentence

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Without it, they say, the disease would surely kill her within two years.
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Most often, the doctrine is invoked by minors seeking an abortion without parental consent.
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The research literature, too, asks these questions, and not without reason.
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He held it, but it was without pressure; without recognizance of the delight with which he once grasped it.
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Sol laughed out of his whiskers, with a big, loose-rolling sound, and sat on the porch without waiting to be asked.
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She had listened—she had listened intently, looking straight out of the window and without moving.
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Without preface, he abruptly asked, what had been told him of the Duke of Wharton's behaviour the preceding night.
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Nevertheless the evening and the night passed away without incident.
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