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bore a grudge

bore a grudge is the simple past of bear a grudge.

Meaning of bear a grudge

Verb

bear a grudge (third-person singular simple present bears a grudge, present participle bearing a grudge, simple past bore a grudge, past participle borne a grudge)

  1. Synonym of hold a grudge.
    • Barlow, 73, bears no grudge that she spent decades being neglected by both commercial and public galleries.2017 May 10, Hannah Ellis-Petersen, “Phyllida Barlow: I couldn't have coped if fame had come 20 years ago”, in The Guardian, →ISSN
    Synonyms:
    hold a grudge

Questions about bore a grudge

What is bore a grudge the simple past of?
Bore a grudge is the simple past of bear a grudge.

Words near bore a grudge in the dictionary

  1. bordured
  2. bordures
  3. Borduria
  4. Bordwellian
  5. bore
  6. bore a grudge
  7. bore a hand
  8. bore against
  9. bore away
  10. bore away the bell
  11. bore date

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