hold against

phrasal 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

The panel was held against the background of escalating industry disruption, which includes advertising woes and licensing declines and movie theater uncertainty and a shake-up in streaming. —Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 9 June 2025

Another photo from the scene showed the hood of the white car Uribe was being held against streaked with blood. —Matteo Moschella, NBC news, 8 June 2025

That number did not hold against Klein, who went six for 11 on takedowns, while racking up nearly nine minutes of control time. —Trent Reinsmith, Forbes.com, 31 May 2025

The note was written by a woman who said she was being held against her will at a nearby home and feared for her life, the sheriff’s office said in a news release. —Minyvonne Burke, NBC news, 3 June 2025

Rhymes for hold against

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