hadn't

/ˈhæd.ənt/

Definition

› short form of had not: If you hadn't told him he would never have known.

(Definition of hadn't from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

If a reason, argument or explanation holds water, it is true

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