good authority

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good authority Meaning of "good authority"

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Definition(s):

  • (n) testimony by someone who should know

Usage(s):

  1. According to good authority, the speed reached by the rocket plane was probably above 1,000 m.
  2. Sirs: At last I have found something that I can contradict in the pages of PTI magazine, on very good authority.
  3. I am told on good authority that within the past five years 40 colleges and universities, which previously had all-white faculties, have added Negro instructors.
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