Idiom
hold a grudge
Meaning
To stay angry (at someone or something).
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“She tends to hold a grudge for years.”
“He apologized, but she still holds a grudge about what happened at the party.”
“Though decades had passed since the betrayal, the old man continued to hold a grudge against his brother, refusing even to attend his funeral.”
Examples
simple
“She tends to hold a grudge for years.”
contextual
“He apologized, but she still holds a grudge about what happened at the party.”
complex
“Though decades had passed since the betrayal, the old man continued to hold a grudge against his brother, refusing even to attend his funeral.”
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