Come with the territory

Alternative forms

• go with the territory

Origin

• Probably an allusion to the territory assigned to a travelling salesman.

Verb

verb

1. (idiomatic) To be a common, and often inconvenient, accompaniment of an occupation, situation, or occurrence.
• 1965 Nov. 29, Jack O'Brian "The Voice of Broadway," Palm Beach Daily News, p. 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," Observer-Reporter (Pennsylvania, USA), p. A4

• When one decides to raise sheep, he accepts the fact that coyotes come with the territory.
• 1993 June 25, Richard Sacks, "Opinion: At The New Yorker, They Take Their Fact Checking Seriously," New York Times

• Many checkers have been upbraided by lordly writers and editors and big shots of all stripes. Such abuse came with the territory.
• 2009 March 19, Joe Klein, "Don't Panic — At Least Not Yet," Time:Impatience . . . is chronic in the mass media. Indeed, it comes with the territory.