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have it on good authority
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   Also found in: Dictionary/thesaurus, Medical, Legal, Financial, Encyclopedia, Wikipedia, Hutchinson 0.04 sec.
have it on good authority
to believe that a piece of information is true because you trust the person who told you. I have it on good authority that we're about to be given a pay increase. (often + that)
See also: good


have it on good authority
to believe that certain information is true because it came from a person or document you can trust. I have it on good authority that their business is not doing well.
See also: good


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