hold water

Meaning

To withstand scrutiny or criticism; to be valid.

Synonyms

hold up

stand up

care for

conceive

consider

deliver

harbor

have

hold

hold down

hold on

keep

like

look on

maintain

make

regard as

repute

retain

take place

tend

think

🤔

treat

wear

be reasonable

love

❤️

be defendable

be justifiable

be supportable

assign

be tenable

believe

Translations

tenir la route

être étanche

tenir debout

reggere

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Etymology

Possibly from the King James Version of Jeremiah 2:13: “For my people have committed two evils; they have forsaken me the fountain of living waters, and hewed them out cisterns, broken cisterns, that can hold no water.”