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have against

have against verb: to have (reasons) to dislike or disrespect (someone or something); to have (good cause) to hold a grudge against (someone).

Verb

have against (third-person singular simple present has against, present participle having against, simple past and past participle had against)

  1. (ditransitive) To have (reasons) to dislike or disrespect (someone or something); to have (good cause) to hold a grudge against (someone).

Forms of have against

third-person singular presenthas against
present participlehaving against
past participlehad against
pasthad against

Questions about have against

What does have against mean?
Have against means to have (reasons) to dislike or disrespect (someone or something); to have (good cause) to hold a grudge against (someone).
What part of speech is have against?
Have against is a verb.
What is the past tense of have against?
The past tense of have against is had against.

Words near have against in the dictionary

  1. have a whack at
  2. have a whale of a time
  3. have a word
  4. have a word in someone's ear
  5. have a word with oneself
  6. have against
  7. have an accident
  8. have an affair
  9. have an easy time of it
  10. have an eye for
  11. have an in

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