1. hold good - Verb
2. hold good - Phrase
To continue being true or valid; to hold true.
Synonym: hold
That explanation does not hold good in this matter.
The law holds not good for them.
To remain effective, fast, or secure.
Source: en.wiktionary.orgThere is no one doctrine of administration for business and another for affairs of state; administrative doctrine is universal. Principles and general rules which hold good for business hold good for the state too, and the reverse applies. Henri Fayol
The problem of induction is, roughly speaking, the problem of finding a way to prove that certain empirical generalizations which are derived from past experience will hold good also in the future. Alfred Jules Ayer
Sacred customs, venerable dooms of ancestral wisdom, hallowed by tradition and professing to hold good for all time, are put to the question. Cultured reflection. Thomas Henry Huxley
So it is naturally with the male and the female the one is superior, the other inferior the one governs, the other is governed and the same rule must necessarily hold good with respect to all mankind. Aristotle
Any excuse is good if it hold good. Italian Proverb
An argument derived from the abuse of a thing does not hold good against its use. Traditional Proverb