have against
phr. v..phr. v.. to have a specific reason for disliking or not trusting someone or something.
phr. v.. to hold a grudge or possess a specific reason for hostility or prejudice toward a person or entity; typically used in interrogative or negative constructions.
I don't know what you have against my brother.
The manager seems to have something against me because he never approves my holiday requests.
It remains unclear what the committee could possibly have against the proposal, given that it meets every single budgetary requirement they previously established.
- Particles
- against
- Separability
- separable
- Pattern
- have + object + against + person/thing
usually requires an object (like 'something', 'nothing', or 'what') between 'have' and 'against'.
point out that this is almost always used with 'what', 'something', 'anything', or 'nothing' to quantify the level of dislike.
What do you have against to him?What do you have against him?the preposition 'against' is followed directly by the object without 'to'.