have something on good authority
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Verb[edit]
have something on good authority (third-person singular simple present has something on good authority, present participle having something on good authority, simple past and past participle had something on good authority)
- To know from a reliable source (that).
- Synonym: have it on excellent authority
- have it on good authority that …
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- “have something on good authority”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
- “have something on good authority”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
- “have something on good authority”, in Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, 1999–present.
- “I have it on good authority” in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English, Longman.
- “I have it on good authority that” (US) / “I have it on good authority that” (UK) in Macmillan English Dictionary.