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it doesn't hold water

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  • hold water — verb resist or withstand wear, criticism, etc. Her shoes won t hold up This theory won t hold water • Syn: ↑stand up, ↑hold up • Hypernyms: ↑survive, ↑last, ↑live …   Useful english dictionary

  • hold water — See water your story just doesn t hold water Syn: be tenable, ring true, bear scrutiny, make sense, stand up, hold up, be convincing, be plausible, be sound …   Thesaurus of popular words

  • hold water — tv. [for an idea, plan, etc.] to survive evaluation or scrutiny. □ Nothing you’ve said so far holds water. □ Her story doesn’t hold water …   Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions

  • hold water — be logical, be sensible    He can t be in two places at once. His story doesn t hold water …   English idioms

  • hold water — be a sound idea His proposal for a new work scheduling system doesn t hold water …   Idioms and examples

  • not hold water — to not seem to be true or reasonable. That argument isn t likely to hold water with my father! A lot of the stuff I believed in when I was 17 just doesn t hold water today. Related vocabulary: hold up Etymology: based on the idea of a bucket or… …   New idioms dictionary

  • water — [wôt′ər, wät′ər] n. [ME < OE wæter, akin to Ger wasser < IE * wodōr < * wed , to wet (< base * awed , to moisten, flow) > Gr hydōr, water, L unda, a wave, Russ voda, water, Ir uisce, water] 1. the colorless, transparent liquid… …   English World dictionary

  • hold — hold1 W1S1 [həuld US hould] v past tense and past participle held [held] ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(in your hand/arms)¦ 2¦(event)¦ 3¦(keep something in position)¦ 4¦(job/title)¦ 5¦(keep/store)¦ 6¦(keep something available for somebody)¦ 7¦(keep somebody… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • water — I n. 1) to draw, run water (for a bath) 2) to add water 3) to drink; sip water 4) to pour; spill water 5) to splash; sprinkle; squirt water on 6) to boil, sterilize; chlorinate; distill; filter; fluoridate; purify; soften water 7) to drain water… …   Combinatory dictionary

  • hold — 1 verb past tense and past participle held IN YOUR HANDS/ARMS 1 a) (T) to have something firmly in your hand or arms: He was holding a knife in one hand. | Can you hold the groceries for me while I open the door? | I held the baby in my arms. |… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • hold up — 1) the argument doesn t hold up Syn: be convincing, be logical, hold water, bear examination, be sound 2) they held up the trophy Syn: display, hold aloft, exhibit, show (off), flourish, brandish; informal flash …   Thesaurus of popular words

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