ax to grind
Example Sentences
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Everyone who’s had an ax to grind about Geno is piling on.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 5, 2026
He didn’t come off as a man with an ax to grind, but a small, petty individual who had been taken advantage of by a much more powerful man he all but worshipped.
From Slate • May 14, 2024
The prosecutors pushed back that Yeartie was a disgruntled former employee with an ax to grind against Willis.
From Salon • Feb. 16, 2024
But prosecutors would prefer to make their cases with unimpeachable witnesses — the mild-mannered mob accountant or honest low-level aide with no ax to grind.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 20, 2023
Then I have considered that perhaps her visits to Kato may be merely to get information—that she may have an ax to grind.
From The Treasure-Train by Reeve, Arthur B. (Arthur Benjamin)
