COME WITH THE TERRITORY Definition & Meaning

come with the territory

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Idioms and Phrases

Accompany specific circumstances, as in You may not like the new coach, but he comes with the territory , or As the editor, you may not like listening to complaints, but it comes with the territory . This term uses territory in the sense of “sales district,” and the phrase originally meant that traveling sales personnel had to accept whatever problems or perquisites they found in their assigned region. Today it is applied in many other contexts. [Second half of 1900s]

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Between 2022 and 2024, bad deliveries - which come with the territory of being a leg-spinner more than most other bowling styles - were restricted to just 3%.

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Democrats, whose Senate campaign arm typically anoints a nominee and clears the field of meaningful complications, aren’t especially used to such competitive primaries and the sorts of attacks that come with the territory.

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Office seekers know that character attacks come with the territory.

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That window is shifting up and creeping shut: Guide services are starting their summer season in May or even April, when the risks of avalanches and other hazards that come with the territory are higher.

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Mr. Molinaro also said the attacks come with the territory.

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