for some reason
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2.8
- idiom
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por alguna razón
- My hard drive in here for some reason isn't being detected.
- feel for some reason
- think for some reason
- go for some reason
But I just, for some reason, I just roll into it.
- But I just, for some reason, I just roll into it.
- You understand, for some reason, we went round the block.
- This is, oddly, for some reason, a very touchy subject.
- She'd said it countless times before, but for some reason that day it stuck.
- My phone for some reason was turned on Max.
- But that friend for some reason is a bit of an alpha.
- And I, I for some reason my brain just absorbs that.
Examples
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For some reason I feel a great burden has been lifted.
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They both feel really light, but for some reason, this one feels lighter.
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But if they do need to move for some reason, sorry.
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Good morning, this eye for some reason looks really red.
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But I feel like for some reason there is one next door.
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Definitely like for some reason my mind like goes to food.
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But for some reason, you and I react the exact same way to water.
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She'd said it countless times before, but for some reason that day it stuck.
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I don't know why, but for some reason, I am drawn to this one.
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I don't understand why she was upset for some reason.
Synonyms
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2.7
In a way you do not know how or why
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'the cause is unknown or unspecified' is directly and compositionally derivable from 'for' (marking cause/purpose) + 'some' (unspecified) + 'reason' (cause/explanation). This is a common, regular English pattern (and mirrored in many other languages), so a B1 learner who knows the constituent words will readily understand the phrase.
Etymology
For some reason comes from the simple image of someone shrugging when they can't explain why something happened. The word reason points to a cause they do not know, so today we use for some reason to mean 'I don't know why'.