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.

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Some say Withers is guilty, out-and-out guilty, and afraid the case against Perry won't hold good.

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English notions of what is becoming don't hold good here; you can't stop a man like Wilkinson with a supercilious look.

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The same principle will hold good in the case of all others who regulate their policy and measures by the necessities of the hour.

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This objection does not hold good if either merely qualitative evidence, or a fairly approximate quantation, is required.

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Related Words

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