see reason



see reason

Adopt a sensible course of action, let oneself be persuaded, as in At ninety Grandma finally saw reason and gave up driving her car. This expression, which uses reason in the sense of "good sense," was first recorded in Shakespeare's 1 Henry IV (1:2).
See also: reason, see

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
ToÑO-Spanish
GoddardGAHD-ərdEnglish (Rare)
Timoteus-Ancient Greek (Latinized)
GrahamGRAY-əm, GRAMScottish, English
CiroCHEE-ro (Italian), THEE-ro (Spanish), SEE-ro (Latin American Spanish)Italian, Spanish
JÓZefina-Polish