hold good en · VERB
Pronunciation
- /ˌhəʊld ˈɡʊd/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- /ˌhoʊld ˈɡʊd/ (General-American)
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Etymology
From hold (“to maintain in being or action; to continue; to sustain”) + good.
Meanings
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(intransitive) To continue being true or valid; to hold true.
That explanation does not hold good in this matter.
The law holds not good for them.
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(intransitive) To remain effective, fast, or secure.
She twisted her hands behind her; but all the knots held good! / She writhed her hands till her fingers were wet with sweat or blood! / They stretched and strained in the darkness, and the hours crawled by like years, / Till, now, on the stroke of midnight, / Cold, on the stroke of midnight, / The tip of one finger touched it! The trigger at least was hers!
1906 August, Alfred Noyes, “The Highwayman”, in Poems, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., published October 1906, →OCLC, part 2, stanza IV, pages 50–51:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| held good | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| held good | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| holding good | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| holds good | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic |
Synonyms
Translations (2)
el αληθεύει (to continue being true or valid — see also hold true) · da gælde (to continue being true or valid — see also hold true)