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hold good
Idioms and Phrases
Also, hold true . Be valid, apply. For example, Does that version of events still hold good? or The account he gave ten years ago holds true today . Shakespeare used these terms frequently. [c. 1300]Example Sentences
The conditions governing immunity stated in the beginning of this chapter still hold good.
Some say Withers is guilty, out-and-out guilty, and afraid the case against Perry won't hold good.
English notions of what is becoming don't hold good here; you can't stop a man like Wilkinson with a supercilious look.
The same principle will hold good in the case of all others who regulate their policy and measures by the necessities of the hour.
This objection does not hold good if either merely qualitative evidence, or a fairly approximate quantation, is required.
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Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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