"where someone is coming from" meaning in English

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Phrase

Head templates: {{head|en|phrase|head=where someone is coming from}} where someone is coming from
  1. (informal) The reasonable, but possibly incorrect, motivations or premises to someone's argument. Tags: informal Translations (reasonable premises to an argument): che cosa ha in mente (Italian)
    Sense id: en-where_someone_is_coming_from-en-phrase-wpceXPiN Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

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