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listen to reason



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Idioms and Phrases

Pay heed to sensible advice or argument, as in We can't let him rush into that job—it's time he listened to reason . [Mid-1700s]
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Example Sentences

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"The legislators and a lot of the people wouldn't listen to reason," said Dr Stewart.

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“I hoped to nurture that in him, but even now, he refuses to listen to reason. I told him as much earlier. As you can see by the state of my foyer, he didn’t take it very kindly.”

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By the time we get to last year’s “Don’t Look Up,” about an Earth-destroying comet, you can’t even get people to listen to reason.

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They might say, "Well, the desired outcome is that we find a way to get the Republicans and Trump to listen to reason and that would in turn break their cult."

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But rather than listen to reason she throws her salad and storms off.

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