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hold wa·ter

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. stand up, hold up, hold waterverb

    resist or withstand wear, criticism, etc.

    "Her shoes won't hold up"; "This theory won't hold water"

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  1. hold waterverb

    To withstand scrutiny or criticism; to be valid.

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  1. hold water

    To "hold water" is an idiomatic expression that means to remain sound, logical, reasonable, or valid in an argument or situation. If a theory or argument holds water, it means it comes across as true, convincing, or feasible after scrutiny or careful examination. Conversely, if something doesn't hold water, it means it's flawed or doesn't stand up to critical examination.

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of hold water in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of hold water in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of hold water in a Sentence

  1. John W. Gardner:

    The society which scorns excellence in plumbing as a humble activity and tolerates shoddiness in philosophy because it is an exalted activity will have neither good plumbing nor good philosophy...neither its pipes nor its theories will hold water.

  2. John W. Gardner:

    The society which scorns excellence in plumbing as a humble activity and tolerates shoddiness in philosophy because it is an exaulted activity will have neither good plumbing nor good philosophy...neither its pipes nor its theories will hold water.

  3. John W. Gardner:

    The society which scorns excellence in plumbing as a humble activity and tolerates shoddiness in philosophy because it is an exalted activity will have neither good plumbing nor good philosophy neither its pipes nor its theories will hold water.

  4. Gideon Groenewald:

    I open Google maps and look for the lines of trees. I ask God in prayer which lines hold water, then I go down to that GPS location, you see the stick moving where the magnetic field is? There's water here.

  5. Heather Boushey:

    That's really not what the weight of economic evidence shows, you can't accept a trade-off anymore that doesn't seem to hold water.


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