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Hold water - ধোপে টেকা ; কার্যকরি হওয়া
SYNONYM  be effective.
EXAMPLE  This policy will not hold water in this situation.

Nearby Words:

Hold good hold your horses

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Appropriate Preposition:

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  • Faith with ( বিশ্বাস (ভঙ্গ) ) He broke faith with me.
  • Officiate for ( পরিবর্তে কাজ করা (ব্যক্তি) ) He officiated for me in that post.
  • Alternative to ( বিকল্প ) This question is alternative to that.
  • Lay by ( সঞ্চয় করা ) Lay by something for the old age.
  • Satisfaction in ( সন্তোষ ) I find satisfaction in gardening. Great was his satisfaction with her result.
  • Dull of ( বোধশক্তিহীন ) He is dull of understanding.

Idioms:

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  • At bay ( কোনঠাসা ) The tiger was at bay in the bush.
  • At once finger ends ( নখদর্পণে ) All these facts are at his finger ends.
  • breathe out ( নিঃশ্বাস ত্যাগ করা ) At last, he breathed his last breath out, and that was the end.
  • In no time ( শীঘ্র ) He will finish the work in no time.
  • Dead against ( তীব্র বিরোধী ) I am dead against his proposal.
  • be up and doing ( উঠে-পড়ে লাগা )