hold against

Idioms  

1. Think badly of someone because of some fault or occurrence. For example, Even if you're late, I won't hold it against you, or She backed right into his new car, so he's bound to hold it against her. Also see bear a grudge.

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Example Sentences

OTTAWA—The resilience Canada’s economy has shown in the face of trade uncertainty will mean the country’s biggest banks must continue to hold elevated capital buffers, though if the cracks in the banking system widen the industry’s regulator has signaled it is prepared to lower the shield lenders hold against risks.

From The Wall Street Journal

In the U.S., the Fed this summer took a step toward easing a key restriction, known as the supplementary leverage ratio, that dictates how much capital big banks must hold against their total assets.

From The Wall Street Journal

Overhauls that change how much capital banks must hold against relatively low-risk assets could further add to demand.

From Barron's

Additional reforms that change how much capital banks must hold against relatively low-risk assets could further add to demand.

From Barron's

Felix Salmon, Elizabeth Spiers, Emily Peck, and guest Jeff Horwitz of Reuters, discuss whether this argument will hold against the law that says only Congress has the right to raise revenue via tariffs and taxes, or if the Supreme Court will agree with the many lower courts that have deemed these tariffs illegal.

From Slate