have something on good authority

have something on good authority

English

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).

   Synonym: have it on excellent authority

   have it on good authority that …

Translations

Translations

Finnish: olla tieto luotettavasta lähteestä (subject in the adessive case) French: savoir de source sûre

Polish: wiedzieć o czymś z dobrego źródła impf Spanish: saber de buena tinta

See also

• straight from the horse's mouth
• know for a fact
• from good hands

Further reading

• “have something on good authority”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.
• “have something on good authority”, in Merriam–Webster Online Dictionary.
• “have something on good authority” in the Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
• “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.