true

true idiom
In addition to the idioms beginning with true, also see come true; course of true love; dream come true; find true north; hold good (true); ring false (true); run (true) to form; too good to be true; tried and true.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer. Copyright © 2003, 1997 by The Christine Ammer 1992 Trust. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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