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have an axe to grind

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have an axe to grind
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 have an axe to grind," said Tarif Khalidi, professor and fellow of the faculty of Oriental Studies at Cambridge University.
THE FIGURE OF JESUS IN POPULAR ISLAM by Ziad, Homayra / Washington Report on Middle East Affairs
Peremptory challenges allow lawyers on all sides to excuse jurors who might have an axe to grind or a hidden agenda - even a subconscious one.
REFORMS SHOULDN'T UNDERCUT THE CIVIL JURY SYSTEM by Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
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