hold against

verb

held against; holding against; holds against

: to use (something) as a reason to have a bad opinion of (someone)

He lied to her once, and she still holds it against him.

Nobody is going to hold it against you if you don't come.

Examples of hold against in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

And the half-time changes, the loss of control, the sense of miscalculation, would be held against Tuchel for years. — Jack Pitt-Brooke, New York Times, 12 July 2026

It is held against you as evidence of your poor character. — Joyce Kamanitz, Hartford Courant, 25 June 2026

Here is a parcel flat enough for a football pitch and oversized swimming pool, held against the neighborhood’s wild geology. — Spencer Elliott, Forbes.com, 23 June 2026

One of the American passengers, Angela Perryman, had been held against her will and against the recommendation of a government medical expert. — ABC News, 22 June 2026

Rhymes for hold against

• recommenced
• recompensed
• commenced
• condensed
• dispensed
• expensed
• incensed
• unfenced
• fenced
• sensed
• tensed