have an ax to grind
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I don’t have an ax to grind anymore.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 2, 2024
“I don’t have an ax to grind in this. I just feel like this is a story that could be told and should be told.”
From Washington Post • Jun. 8, 2020
But he was was fired by the president last month and could have an ax to grind.
From Washington Times • Oct. 30, 2019
“It’s a disappointment, frankly, that he’s acting that way. I haven’t endorsed anybody. I don’t have an ax to grind in terms of that,” Cheney said.
From MSNBC • Feb. 16, 2016
If I have an ax to grind, so has the other fellow.
From A Son of the Immortals by Christy, Howard Chandler
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