have an axe to grind

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to have a strong opinion about something, which you are often trying to persuade other people is correct As a novelist, he has no political axe to grind.

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I don't have an axe to grind against speed cameras they can, used properly, help reduce excessive speed just as policemen, older readers may remember them, once did. Re-testing drivers to improve raod safety by Huddersfield Daily Examiner (Huddersfield, England) On the fifth day of his Merthyr Crown Court trial, Hitchings, 42, of Charteris Way, Tredegar, said: 'There's a lot of people who have an axe to grind against me. ACCUSATIONS ARE ALL LIES, COURT HEARS by South Wales Echo (Cardiff, Wales) Now,I for one,do not have an axe to grind,because I have not actually been `done' for anything, yet,but I am sick and tired of having my riding pleasure ruined by the police in their relentless pursuit of persecuting motorcyclists, by waving groups of bikers over who are generally riding safely,on the pretext of checking bikes for data-tagging or handing out leaflets. Letter: Zero logic by Daily Post (Liverpool, England)			have a thirst for have a tiger by the tail have a way with have a way with words have a weak spot for have a weakness for have a weight problem have a whale of a time have a word have a word in ear have a yellow belly have a/ finger on the button have about have against have all marbles have all the aces have all the answers have all the cards have an accident have an ace up sleeve have an affair have an alcohol problem have an appetite for have an argument have an ax to grind have an axe to grind have an ear for have an easy time of it have an effect on have an eye for have an eye for the main chance have an impact on have an open mind have another think have another think coming have ants in pants have around have arrived have ass in a sling have at fingertips have back against the wall have back to the wall have bags under eyes have bats in belfry have bats in the belfry have beady eye on have bearing on have been around have been around the block have been in the wars have been to hell and back			have about have absolute disposal of have against have against have against have against have all marbles have all the aces have all the answers have all the answers have all the answers have all the answers have all the answers have all the cards have all to oneself have an accident have an ace up sleeve have an address have an affair have an affection for Have An Affinity for have an alcohol problem have an altercation have an appetite have an appetite for have an argument have an ax to grind have an ax to grind have an ax to grind have an ax to grind have an axe to grind have an ear for have an ear to the ground have an ear to the ground have an ear to the ground have an ear to the ground have an easy time of it have an effect on have an effect upon have an exchange Have an Exit Strategy have an eye have an eye have an eye have an eye have an eye for have an eye for the main chance have an eye for the main chance have an eye for the main chance have an eye for the main chance have an eye for the main chance have an eye on have an eye on the main chance have an eye on the main chance have an eye on the main chance have an eye on the main chance have an eye on the main chance have an eye out have an eye to the main chance have an eye to the main chance have an eye to the main chance

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