hold against

phrasal verb

held against; holding against; holds against

: to use (something) as a reason to have a bad opinion of (someone)

He lied to her once, and she still holds it against him.

Nobody is going to hold it against you if you don't come.

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Just after midnight on July 4, Yellowstone's 911 dispatch center received a report that a woman had been held against her will by a man with a gun in her dorm residence. —

Kiara Alfonseca, ABC News, 7 Jan. 2025 What matters most from here is whether the rule of law holds against whatever assaults Trump and Trumpism 2.0 launches against it. —

Aron Solomon, Newsweek, 6 Nov. 2024 Don’t botch the snap and hold against the Ravens in overtime and the division title would still be in play. —

Paul Dehner Jr., The Athletic, 27 Dec. 2024 In June, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security worked with Mexican authorities to rescue 13 migrants who were being held against their will. —

Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 28 Nov. 2024 See all Example Sentences for hold against