hold against

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

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

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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.

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I can’t tell you who or where, ’cause we have a hold against him should he ever get out.

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Decisions like that are fraught with second-guessing, the kind of moves fans can hold against a coach like they did a year ago when after nine games, Darvin Ham sent Austin Reaves to the bench to start Reddish.

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