All hold water synonyms

verb hold water

• wait — to remain inactive or in a state of repose, as until something expected happens (often followed by for, till, or until): to wait for the bus to arrive.
• stick — a thrust with a pointed instrument; stab.
• conform — If something conforms to something such as a law or someone's wishes, it is of the required type or quality.
• accord — An accord between countries or groups of people is a formal agreement, for example to end a war.
• square — a rectangle having all four sides of equal length.
• dovetail — a tenon broader at its end than at its base; pin.
• relate — to tell; give an account of (an event, circumstance, etc.).
• correspond — If one thing corresponds to another, there is a close similarity or connection between them. You can also say that two things correspond.
• comport — If you comport yourself in a particular way, you behave in that way.
• harmonize — to bring into harmony, accord, or agreement: to harmonize one's views with the new situation.
• go — to move or proceed, especially to or from something: They're going by bus.
• hold — to have or keep in the hand; keep fast; grasp: She held the purse in her right hand. He held the child's hand in his.
• check — Check is also a noun.
• convince — If someone or something convinces you of something, they make you believe that it is true or that it exists.
• check out — When you check out of a hotel or clinic where you have been staying, or if someone checks you out, you pay the bill and leave.
• fit in — belong
• hang together — to fasten or attach (a thing) so that it is supported only from above or at a point near its own top; suspend.
• make sense — any of the faculties, as sight, hearing, smell, taste, or touch, by which humans and animals perceive stimuli originating from outside or inside the body: My sense of smell tells me that dinner is ready.
• carry weight — to be important, influential, etc.
• hold up — to have or keep in the hand; keep fast; grasp: She held the purse in her right hand. He held the child's hand in his.
• stand up — standing erect or upright, as a collar.
• pass muster — to assemble (troops, a ship's crew, etc.), as for battle, display, inspection, orders, or discharge.
• ring true — sound or seem genuine