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Etymology
Probably an allusion to the territory assigned to a travelling salesman.
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come with the territory (third-person singular simple present comes with the territory, present participle coming with the territory, simple past came with the territory, past participle come with the territory)
- (idiomatic) To be a common, and often inconvenient, accompaniment of an occupation, situation, or occurrence.
1965 November 29, Jack O'Brian, “The Voice of Broadway”, in Palm Beach Daily News, retrieved 28 October 2012, page 4:Johnny Carson's three-year tenure as top man of "Tonight" leaves him less edgy than any of that grind's predecessors and he has a fine relaxed philosophy about the side irritants of the nation's favorite chatterthon: "Loss of privacy comes with the territory."
1974 July 30, Jim Fiebig, “Problem Solving”, in Observer-Reporter, Pennsylvania, USA, retrieved 28 October 2012, page A4:When one decides to raise sheep, he accepts the fact that coyotes come with the territory.
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