hold good
verb
Roget 141:
let alone,
let be,
let it be;
persist,
remain,
stay,
tarry,
rest;
stet
(copy editing)
hold,
hold on;
last,
endure,
bide,
abide,
aby†,
dwell,
maintain,
keep;
stand,
stand still,
stand fast;
subsist,
live,
outlive,
survive;
hold one's ground,
keep one's ground,
hold one's footing,
keep one's footing;
hold good.
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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
etc.
(evidence)
467.
get at the truth
etc.
(discover)
480.1.
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Roget 478:
demonstrate,
prove,
establish;
make good;
show,
evince,
manifest
etc.
(be evidence of)
467;
confirm,
corroborate,
substantiate,
verify
etc.
467,
settle the question,
reduce to demonstration,
set the question at rest.
make out,
make out a case;
prove one's point,
have the best of the argument;
draw a conclusion
etc.
(judge)
480.
follow,
follow of course,
follow as a matter of course,
follow necessarily;
stand to reason;
hold good,
hold water.
convince,
persuade
(belief)
484.
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Moby thesaurus: 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, follow from, have a case, hold, hold together, hold true, hold up, hold water, make good, make out, make sense, nail down, prove, prove out, prove to be, prove true, remain valid, remove all doubt, set at rest, settle, settle the matter, show, stand the test, stand to reason, stand up, stick together, wash ... show more.
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