pourquoi pas in French

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        "1": "pourquoi pas?"
      },
      "expansion": "pourquoi pas?",
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    }
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        "why not? (negative question)"
      ],
      "id": "en-pourquoi_pas-fr-phrase-kE~516Kq",
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        [
          "why not",
          "why not"
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      "links": [
        [
          "why not",
          "why not"
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      ]
    }
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  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/puʁ.kwa pa/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/puʁ.kwa pɑ/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "50 50",
      "word": "pourquoi non"
    }
  ],
  "word": "pourquoi pas"
}

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    "French entries with incorrect language header",
    "French lemmas",
    "French multiword terms",
    "French phrasebook",
    "French phrases",
    "French terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pourquoi pas?"
      },
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  ],
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  "pos": "phrase",
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        "why not? (negative question)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "why not",
          "why not"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
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        "why not? (lacking objection)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "why not",
          "why not"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/puʁ.kwa pa/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/puʁ.kwa pɑ/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "pourquoi non"
    }
  ],
  "word": "pourquoi pas"
}

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"pourquoi pas" meaning in French

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