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Synonyms

have it in for

Idioms  

  1. Intend to harm, especially because of a grudge. For example, Ever since he called the police about their dog, the neighbors have had it in for Tom. [Mid-1800s]

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It plays straight into the hands of those supporters only too willing to cry "corruption" or feel referees "have it in" for their particular club.

From BBC • Nov. 12, 2024

Harry appears to really have it in for his stepmother, Camilla, Queen Consort, the wife and longtime lover of his father.

From Washington Post • Jan. 10, 2023

"Then he goes ahead and writes a novel. He knows he will get killed critically because everyone in the literary establishment will have it in for him."

From Los Angeles Times • May 15, 2018

By Yes, this pig may have it in for you Photo by Cristina Quicler/AFP/GettyImages.

From Slate • Oct. 2, 2012

But Bookman and Noyes did not have it in for the Northerners.

From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols

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