hold it/that against
idiom
: to dislike (for a particular reason)
We disagree about many things, but I don't hold it/that against you.
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If that class is not offered at another student’s school, an admissions committee will not hold that against the applicant.
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Dr. Marlena Corcoran, Forbes.com, 31 Mar. 2025
So don’t expect too many of the Academy’s 30,000 members to hold that against it.
—Steven Zeitchik, The Hollywood Reporter, 28 Feb. 2025
The tread surface, with rows of high-density sipes and thousands of smaller zigzag sipes, is meant to bite into the snow and hold it against the tire’s surface—snow sticks to snow very well, which improves grip.
—Michael Harley, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2025
The case involves a brutish boyfriend (Gabriel Basso, who played J.D. Vance in Hillbilly Elegy… but don’t hold that against him) accused of beating his girlfriend (Francesca Eastwood) to death.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 30 Oct. 2024
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Dr. Marlena Corcoran, Forbes.com, 31 Mar. 2025
So don’t expect too many of the Academy’s 30,000 members to hold that against it.
—Steven Zeitchik, The Hollywood Reporter, 28 Feb. 2025
The tread surface, with rows of high-density sipes and thousands of smaller zigzag sipes, is meant to bite into the snow and hold it against the tire’s surface—snow sticks to snow very well, which improves grip.
—Michael Harley, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2025
The case involves a brutish boyfriend (Gabriel Basso, who played J.D. Vance in Hillbilly Elegy… but don’t hold that against him) accused of beating his girlfriend (Francesca Eastwood) to death.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 30 Oct. 2024
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“Hold it/that against.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hold%20it%2Fthat%20against. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.
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