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- French · calque ofaller sans dire
- English todayit goes without saying
Calque of French aller sans dire.
Words from the same roots
Frenchaller sans dire all →
go without saying
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
it goes without saying
Today it means: It is understood without being said (but will be or was said anyway). Full definition →
French aller sans dire