hold it/that against sb
— phrasal verb with hold uk/həʊld/us/hoʊld/verb held, held
C2 to like someone less because they have done something wrong or behaved badly in the past:
He made a mistake but I don't hold it against him - we all make mistakes.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Disapproving & criticizing
- -basher
- animadversion
- aspersions
- backbite
- bad-mouth
- belabour
- damn
- damn sb with faint praise idiom
- denounce
- dig
- disapproval
- give sb hell idiom
- lashing
- pitch into sb/sth
- pound
- pound away at sth/sb
- pull sth apart
- put the boot in idiom
- take a dim view of sth idiom
- throw
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