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hold water
werkwoord
1 hold water
Resist or withstand wear, criticism, etc.:
— This theory won't hold water.
synoniemen: hold up, stand up.
Roget 478: demonstrate, prove, establish; make good; show, evince, manifest etc. (be evidence of) 467; confirm, corroborate, substantiate, verify ... meer laten zien
Roget 494: be true etc. adj., be the case; sand the test; have the true ring; hold good, hold true, hold water. render true, prove true etc. adj.; substantiate ... meer laten zien
Moby betekeniswoordenboek: afford proof of, ascertain, be consistent, be demonstrable, be irrefutable, be logical, be reasonable, be the case, be true, be truthful, bring home to, cinch, clinch, conform to fact, demonstrate, determine, establish, figure, fix, follow ... meer laten zien.
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