go without saying

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go without saying

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Calque of French aller sans dire.

verb goes without saying · going without saying · went without saying · gone without saying

  1. idiomatic, impersonal To not need to be said or mentioned; to be obvious, apparent, clear, or already established. It goes without saying that our volunteers love their work.

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"go without saying." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/go%20without%20saying. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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"go without saying." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/go%20without%20saying.

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@misc{go_without_saying_2026,
  title = {go without saying},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/go%20without%20saying},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}