solid evidence against

noun phrase

  1. Strong, reliable facts or proof that support a case or accusation against someone, or show that someone is guilty or that something is not true.

    B2

    uncountable; followed by a person, group, or claim: evidence against somebody/somethingneutral

    • "The police found solid evidence against the suspect."B1
    • "There is no solid evidence against him, so the case was dropped."B2
    • "There is solid evidence against the claim that the treatment is ineffective."B2
    • "Prosecutors claimed they had solid evidence against the company, but the documents turned out to be forged."C1

Common mistakes

  • solid evidences against him→solid evidence against him

    Evidence is uncountable — never add -s.

  • solid evidence to him→solid evidence against him

    Use against before the person the evidence harms.

Collocations

solid evidencesolid evidence against a suspectsolid evidence against a claimevidence againststrong evidencelack of evidenceconclusive evidence

Word family

evidenceevidentevidentlyevidential