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bear a grudge

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bear a grudge
to continue to feel angry or not friendly towards someone who has done something to upset you in the past. She got the job I applied for, but I'm not one to bear a grudge. He still bears a grudge against her because she refused to go out with him years ago. (sometimes + against)
See also: bear

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He was certainly not more than thirty, and the elderly mate, with a murmur to me of "That's my old man," proceeded to give instances of the natural unhandiness of the ship in a sort of deprecatory tone, as if to say, "You mustn't think I bear a grudge against her for that.
--If so be that you still bear a grudge against me for what happened last night, pray forgive me.
But kings do not like to have their offers refused, and in time he would bear a grudge against you, which would render me very unhappy.
 
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