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Hold Water (To)

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To bear close inspection; to endure a trial. A vessel that will hold water is safe and sound.

 

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

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Hold Forth (To)
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