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Shatzy Posted 20 years ago
Vocabulary

to go with the territory

What does this idiom "it goes with the territory" mean?

First guy goes: "You're paranoid."
Second guy answers: "It goes with the territory."

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st=2&query=Part%20and%20parcel , an essential or constituent portion; -- a reduplicative phrase. Cf. st=2&query=kith%20and%20kin , etc.

  • st=2&query=Part%20and%20parcel , an essential or constituent portion; -- a reduplicative phrase.
  • Cf.
  • st=2&query=kith%20and%20kin , etc.
  • ``She was .
  • .
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Search Yahoo with
"with the territory" dictionary
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and you'll find dictionary pages such as this:
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come or go with the territory
to be an inseparable part of or accompaniment to something else (informal)

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Thanks for your answer.
Marius HancuSearch Yahoo with
"with the territory" dictionary
(quotation marks are important)

and you'll find dictionary pages such as this:
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come or go with the territory
to be an inseparable part of or accompaniment to something else (informal)

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"It's normal for your situation, whatever that is"


"It normally belongs to your situation, whatever that is"

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First guy goes: "You're paranoid."

Second guy answers: "It goes with the territory."

What the second person tried to say is “You are right. I may be paranoid because it is part of my job to feel or act that way.”
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Okay, thanks, I think I understand now.

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