English · Idiom Candidate

come with the territory

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Meaning · English

Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.

Where it’s used: Used Widespread English

It comes with the territory, along with storytelling, family arguments, and all those bottomless pots of soup.

You need sunshine to ripen grapes and in England unpredicability comes with the territory.

British National Corpus sentence via the MAGPIE corpus (CC BY 4.0, retrieved 2026-07-30)

Sources & notes

Listed in Wiktionary’s “English idioms” category (retrieved 2026-07-29); definition pending editorial review.

Common questions

What does “come with the territory” mean?

Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.

Is “come with the territory” formal or informal?

No register label has been reviewed yet — treat it as neutral and check the usage notes above.

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