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noun ADJ. long-standing, old It's time to forget old grudges. | personal VERB + GRUDGE bear, harbour, have, hold, nurse I don't hold grudges for very long. PREP. ~ against Do you know anyone who might harbour a grudge against you?
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
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grudge
verbs
have/hold a grudge
• The police asked if anyone might have had a grudge against the victim.
bear/carry a grudge
• Wallace said the rumors had been started by someone who bore a grudge against him.
harbour a grudge
(= to have a grudge for a long time )
• He was the sort of person to harbour a grudge for years.
nurse a grudge
(= to have a grudge and keep finding reasons for it )
• She was still nursing a grudge against her grandfather.
adjectives
a personal grudge
• It is known that Ibarra had a personal grudge against Arellanos.
an old/ancient/long-standing grudge
• He said they should celebrate their achievements, not nurse old grudges.
phrases
bear/hold etc no grudge
• He insisted that he held no grudge against Taylor.
transnet.ir
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see BEAR A GRUDGE; NURSE A GRUDGE.
American Heritage Idioms
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noun
feeling of resentment, rancor:
He had always had a grudge against them.
Simple Definitions