hold true

This held true for all but 2 of 236 cases.

Together, he thought, was all too often a word that didn't hold true.

They had been right then; that should hold true now.

There are some things that hold true whatever you do.

Whether that will hold true across the country remains to be seen.

But the general purpose of the program does hold true.

I think you'll find that's held true in every similar situation since the war.

The same may hold true on a national scale, the group says.

But they were very good and their course held true.

The same idea of respect should hold true for a child.