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Idioms and Phrases
Think badly of someone because of some fault or occurrence. For example, Even if you're late, I won't hold it against you , or She backed right into his new car, so he's bound to hold it against her . Also see bear a grudge .Discover More
Example Sentences
However, that is a bit misguided as something to hold against CrossFit as a whole.
They are lower than any pragmatists, and what they hold against Objectivism is morality.
Surely you are not so unreasonable as to hold against me that unfortunate circumstance in Arlington Street!
What grudge did he hold against the great explorer that he would travel all this distance to satisfy it?
Sir, said that knight, it is all those that shall hold against King Arthur at this tournament.
They cause his nearest and dearest to hold against him the resentments that follow.
Jim and Tom were doing all they could, but it was impossible for one oar to effectively hold against the current.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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