See have something on good authority on Wiktionary
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"present",
"singular",
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},
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"form": "having something on good authority",
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"participle",
"present"
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"form": "had something on good authority",
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"text": "have it on good authority that …",
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}
],
"glosses": [
"To know from a reliable source (that)."
],
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"links": [
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"know",
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],
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"reliable",
"reliable"
],
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"source"
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"word": "straight from the horse's mouth"
},
{
"word": "know for a fact"
},
{
"word": "good hands"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "have it on excellent authority"
}
],
"translations": [
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"note": "olla tieto luotettavasta lähteestä (subject in the adessive case)",
"sense": "Translations"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "Translations",
"word": "savoir de source sûre"
},
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"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "Translations",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "wiedzieć o czymś z dobrego źródła"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "Translations",
"word": "saber de buena tinta"
}
]
}
],
"word": "have something on good authority"
}
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{
"form": "has something on good authority",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "having something on good authority",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "had something on good authority",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "had something on good authority",
"tags": [
"past"
]
}
],
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},
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"name": "en-verb"
}
],
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"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "verb",
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"word": "straight from the horse's mouth"
},
{
"word": "know for a fact"
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"Terms with Polish translations",
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"Translation table header lacks gloss"
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{
"text": "have it on good authority that …",
"type": "example"
}
],
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"To know from a reliable source (that)."
],
"links": [
[
"know",
"know"
],
[
"reliable",
"reliable"
],
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"source",
"source"
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{
"word": "have it on excellent authority"
}
]
}
],
"translations": [
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"note": "olla tieto luotettavasta lähteestä (subject in the adessive case)",
"sense": "Translations"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "Translations",
"word": "savoir de source sûre"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "Translations",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "wiedzieć o czymś z dobrego źródła"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "Translations",
"word": "saber de buena tinta"
}
],
"word": "have something on good authority"
}
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