(to) be said for something

(to) be said for something
there's [much/a lot etc.] to be said for (something/doing something) something that you say which means that something has a lot of advantages.

There's a lot to be said for living alone.


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  • something to be said for something — (something) to be said for (something) reasons why something has advantages. There s a lot to be said for living alone. There is something to be said for a news organization that doesn t follow the network pack. Usage notes: can also be used in a …   New idioms dictionary

  • (to) be said for something — (something) to be said for (something) reasons why something has advantages. There s a lot to be said for living alone. There is something to be said for a news organization that doesn t follow the network pack. Usage notes: can also be used in a …   New idioms dictionary

  • there's something lot much to be said for something — there’s something/​a lot/​not much etc to be said for something phrase used for saying that there are some/​many/​few etc advantages in doing something There’s something to be said for his approach to the problem. Thesaurus: ways of emphasizing… …   Useful english dictionary

  • there's a not much to be said for something — there’s something/​a lot/​not much etc to be said for something phrase used for saying that there are some/​many/​few etc advantages in doing something There’s something to be said for his approach to the problem. Thesaurus: ways of emphasizing… …   Useful english dictionary

  • there's much to be said for something — there s [much/a lot etc.] to be said for (something/doing something) something that you say which means that something has a lot of advantages. There s a lot to be said for living alone …   New idioms dictionary

  • there's a lot to be said for something — there s [much/a lot etc.] to be said for (something/doing something) something that you say which means that something has a lot of advantages. There s a lot to be said for living alone …   New idioms dictionary

  • there's ... to be said for something — there s [much/a lot etc.] to be said for (something/doing something) something that you say which means that something has a lot of advantages. There s a lot to be said for living alone …   New idioms dictionary

  • something to be said for — (something) to be said for (something) reasons why something has advantages. There s a lot to be said for living alone. There is something to be said for a news organization that doesn t follow the network pack. Usage notes: can also be used in a …   New idioms dictionary

  • there's something much to be said for something something — there s something, not much, etc. to be said for sth/doing sth idiom there are/are not good reasons for doing sth, believing sth or agreeing with sth Main entry: ↑sayidiom …   Useful english dictionary

  • there's not much to be said for something something — there s something, not much, etc. to be said for sth/doing sth idiom there are/are not good reasons for doing sth, believing sth or agreeing with sth Main entry: ↑sayidiom …   Useful english dictionary

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