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hold no brief for somebody/something hold no brief for (someone or something)To be unable or unwilling to tolerate or support someone or something. The senator has stated numerous times that he holds no brief for the "rights" of big corporations. The boss holds no brief for slackers.See also: brief, hold, nohold no brief for someone or somethingnot to tolerate someone or something; to be opposed to someone or something. I hold no brief for Wally and his friends. Rachel holds no brief for that kind of thing.See also: brief, hold, nohold no brief forRefuse to support, dislike, as in I hold no brief for liars. This term is a negative version of the legal expression hold a brief for, meaning "to support or defend a position by argument." The noun brief has been used in this way since the 1200s. See also: brief, hold, nohold no brief for something BRITISH, FORMALIf you hold no brief for a person, organization, activity or belief, you do not support them or respect them. This newspaper holds no special brief for a committee that has done nothing to distinguish itself in the past. He holds no brief for formal education. Note: In law, a brief is all the papers relating to a particular client's case that are collected by the client's solicitor and given to the barrister who will represent them in court. See also: brief, hold, no, somethinghold no brief for not support or argue in favour of. The brief referred to is the summary of the facts and legal points in a case given to a barrister to argue in court.See also: brief, hold, nohold no ˈbrief for somebody/something (formal) not be in favour of or not support somebody/something, for example a cause, an idea, etc: I hold no brief for long prison sentences but this terrible crime really deserves one. Brief in this expression is the summary of facts and legal points in a case that is given to a lawyer to argue in a court. If a lawyer ‘holds no brief for’ a person, company, etc. this is not one of their clients/cases.See also: brief, hold, no, somebody, something |