where someone is coming from

English

Phrase

where someone is coming from

(informal) The reasonable, but possibly incorrect, motivations or premises to someone's argument.
I don't entirely agree, but I can see where you are coming from.

Translations

reasonable premises to an argument

Italian: che cosa ha in mente

Further reading

“where someone is coming from”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
“where one is coming from”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
“where someone is coming from”, in Collins English Dictionary.
“where someone is coming from”, in Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, 1999–present.
“know/see where sb is coming from”, in Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, 1999–present.

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