I. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
grudging respect (= when you respect someone or something unwillingly )
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Initially his idea was seen as far-fetched, but gradually it has received grudging respect and support.
grudging/reluctant admiration (= unwilling admiration )
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There was grudging admiration in his voice.
nurse a grudge/grievance/ambition etc
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For years he had nursed a grievance against his former employer.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
personal
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Such a pulsating close battle required firmer handling than administered by Brian Wallis, for there were quite a few personal grudges raging.
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The third mate is Flask, who seems to have a personal grudge against every whale in every ocean on the globe.
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You don't need to have a personal grudge against some one to slash them.
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What is known is that Ibarra had a personal grudge against the Arellanos.
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If it was a personal grudge it would be a different matter.
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You let nasty little personal grudges creep in, and you taint the experience.
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match
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None of the combatants in this grunge grudge match are over 20.
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Six other players were sin-binned as Britain beat New Zealand 3-2 in a grudge match .
■ VERB
bear
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Drought-lovers are natural container plants and will not bear a grudge if you forget to water them.
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Otis, who bore lifelong grudges over provocations infinitely smaller than this, was realistic enough to know when he was had.
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It would not do to have Miss Blagden imagine she bore any grudge .
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Does some one bear a grudge against Vallejo?
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Lets hope they don't bear a grudge !
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He said both men came from deprived backgrounds and bore a grudge against the area in which they lived.
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Guenelon bears a grudge in his heart, which eventually blossoms into a scheme for revenge.
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Y/N 7 I am willing to forgive people who have upset me and do not bear grudges against them.
harbour
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My brothers and sisters knew my dad could harbour a grudge , but not like this.
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Harrison was a man who loved to harbour a grudge .
hold
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Branson held no grudge against Rodney Birbeck.
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I have lost my sister but I can not hold any grudges .
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And Mrs Katz, a gentle soul who held no grudge for the loss of her skull.
nurse
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Since 1960, when they had been humiliated by the Summerdale police scandal, Chicago police had nursed a grudge .
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Dawson had been nursing a grudge even more intense than that of the others.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A lone gunman with an apparent grudge can do great harm.
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As if he had a grudge against the whole world.
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As late as 1991 Nixon continued to harbour a grudge against Eisenhower over his role in the 1960 campaign.
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It would not do to have Miss Blagden imagine she bore any grudge .
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Knives were drawn and it looked as if many ancient, long-held grudges were to be settled.
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Now some coward with a grudge has bombed a crowd of Olympics fans enjoying music in a public park.
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Political loony, surprised thief, old lag with a grudge ... it's facts I want, not surmise.
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Stories about Davis' temper, grudges and food fights abound.
II. verb
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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I grudged the time I had to spend doing housework instead of playing.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Ada believed that nobody could grudge you the right to complain.
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Mair sometimes grudged the work and time it involved but he knew its importance.
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Oliver was grudging about accepting Wickham's innocence.
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You don't grudge the outlay when you get a letter like that.