HOLD WATER
Dictionary entry overview: What does hold water mean? • HOLD WATER (verb)
The verb HOLD WATER has 1 sense:
1. resist or withstand wear, criticism, etc.
Familiarity information: HOLD WATER used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• HOLD WATER (verb)
Meaning:
Resist or withstand wear, criticism, etc.
Classified under:
Verbs of being, having, spatial relations
Synonyms:
hold water; stand up; hold up
Context examples:
Her shoes won't hold up / This theory won't hold water
Hypernyms (to "hold water" is one way to...):
endure; go; hold out; hold up; last; live; live on; survive (continue to live; endure or last)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s
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