English Explanatory Dictionary

on solid ground

English dictionary entry

Meanings

prep_phrase
  1. Confident or justified regarding a subject or argument.
  2. In a safe and secure position.
  3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see on, solid, ground: not on top of anything that is likely to give way or disintegrate (e.g., loose soil, shaky structures, water, an ice road, clouds).

Word forms

on solid ground

Synonyms

well-grounded well-founded

Antonyms

ill-grounded ill-founded groundless baseless flimsy unjustified

Related words

eyes on the ground facts on the ground grounded grounding ground truth on the ground footing foundation terra firma
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