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Definition of 'hold water' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (verb) stand up, hold up, hold water
resist or withstand wear, criticism, etc.
"Her shoes won't hold up"; "This theory won't hold water"


Translation of 'hold water' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: to be convincing
His explanation won't hold water.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: steek hou Arabic flag Arabic: يَقْنِع Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: убедителен съм
Brazilian flag Brazilian: ser convincente Czech flag Czech: obstát German flag German: stichhaltig sein
Danish flag Danish: holde vand Greek flag Greek: είμαι πειστικός Spanish flag Spanish: ser convincente, tener fu
Estonian flag Estonian: usutav olema Farsi flag Farsi: با عقل خور در آمدن Finnish flag Finnish: olla uskottava
French flag French: tenir debout Hebrew flag Hebrew: לַעֲמוֹד בְּמִבחָן Hindi flag Hindi: सटीक होना
Croatian flag Croatian: biti uvjerljiv Hungarian flag Hungarian: megáll Indonesian flag Indonesian: meyakinkan
Icelandic flag Icelandic: vera heldur, standast pró Italian flag Italian: (essere convincente) Japanese flag Japanese: 筋道の通った
Korean flag Korean: (이론, 설명 따위가) 이치에 맞다 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: įtikinti Latvian flag Latvian: būt pārliecinošam; izturē
Malay flag Malay: alasan munasabah Dutch flag Dutch: steek houden, overtuigen Norwegian flag Norwegian: holde stikk, overbevise
Polish flag Polish: wytrzymać krytykę, trzyma Portuguese flag Portuguese: ser convincente Romanian flag Romanian: a fi convingător
Russian flag Russian: быть убедительным Slovak flag Slovak: obstáť Slovenian flag Slovenian: držati, biti prepričljiv
Serbian flag Serbian: biti ubedljiv Swedish flag Swedish: hålla, vara hållbar Thai flag Thai: เป็นจริง; สามารถพิสูจน์ได
Turkish flag Turkish: inandırıcı olmak Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 有說服力 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: бути переконливим
Urdu flag Urdu: قابل یقین ہونا Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: có lý Chinese flag Chinese: (论点等)站得住脚

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hold up  hold water  holdup  holdup man  hole  hole card  hole-and-corner  



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