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had something on good authority

had something on good authority is the simple past and past participle of have something on good authority.

Meaning of have something on good authority

Verb

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)

  1. To know from a reliable source (that).
    • have it on good authority that …
    Synonyms:
    have it on excellent authority

Questions about had something on good authority

What is had something on good authority the simple past and past participle of?
Had something on good authority is the simple past and past participle of have something on good authority.

Words near had something on good authority in the dictionary

  1. had someone's nose wide open
  2. had someone's number
  3. had someone's six
  4. had something going for one
  5. had something going with someone
  6. had something on good authority
  7. had something over someone
  8. had something over with
  9. had something to show for something
  10. had the advantage of someone
  11. had the ball in one's court

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Adapted from Wiktionary: had something on good authority (page history and authors); have something on good authority (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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