HAVE AN AXE TO GRIND

Meaning of HAVE AN AXE TO GRIND in English

to have private reasons for being involved in sth or for arguing for a particular cause :

She had no axe to grind and was only acting out of concern for their safety.

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary. Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне. 2005

HAVE AN AXE TO GRIND — (Slang) have a point of contention, have an issue that one wants to discuss
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
HAVE AN AXE TO GRIND — have a private reason for doing something. → axe
Concise Oxford English vocab
HAVE AN AXE TO GRIND — преследовать корыстные цели
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
HAVE AN AXE TO GRIND — преследовать корыстные цели
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
HAVE AN AXE TO GRIND — преследовать личные корыстные цели
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
HAVE AN AXE TO GRIND — преследовать личные корыстные цели
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
HAVE AN AXE TO GRIND — преследовать корыстные цели
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
HAVE AN AXE TO GRIND — преследовать корыстные цели
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
HAVE AN AXE TO GRIND — преследовать корыстные цели
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
AXE — Airport Name : Xanxere Airport Airport Location : Xanxerê, Santa Catarina, Brazil IATA Code : AXE ICAO Code : n.a.
Airport Code English Dictionary
AN — [an] 1. interr part -; an ille habe le libro? has he the book?; 2. conj whether -an suffixo adjective …
Interlingua English vocab
HAVE — I. (|)hav, (|)hev; as an auxiliary “ or _(h)əv or after a vowel v; before “to” usually |haf or |hef …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
GRIND — I. ˈgrīnd verb ( ground ˈgrau̇nd ; also archaic grinded ; ground also archaic grinded or ground·en ˈgrau̇ndən ; grinding …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
AN — I. _ən, after some consonants often ə n, esp emphatic or hesitating or after a pause (|)an; see usage note …
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Webster's New International English Dictionary
AN — () This word is properly an adjective, but is commonly called the indefinite article. It is used before nouns of …
Английский словарь Webster
AN — This word is properly an adjective, but is commonly called the indefinite article. It is used before nouns of the …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
HAVE — /hav/ ; unstressed /heuhv, euhv/ ; for 26 usually /haf/ , v. and auxiliary v., pres. sing. 1st pers. have …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
GRIND — — grindable , adj. — grindability , n. — grindingly , adv. /gruynd/ , v. , ground or ( Rare …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
AN — an 1 /euhn/ ; when stressed /an/ , indefinite article. the form of a before an initial vowel sound ( …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
GRIND — I. ˈgrīnd verb ( ground ˈgrau̇nd ; grind·ing ) Etymology: Middle English, from Old English grindan; akin to Latin frendere …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
AN — I. ən, (ˈ)an indefinite article Etymology: Middle English, from Old English ān one — more at one Date: before 12th …
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GRIND — noun a hard student; a dig. 2. grind ·vt to study hard for examination. 3. grind ·noun the act of …
Webster English vocab
AXE — alt. of axeman. 2. axe ·noun a tool or instrument of steel, or of iron with a steel edge or …
Webster English vocab
AN — conj if; a word used by old english authors. 2. an ·- this word is properly an adjective, but …
Webster English vocab
GRIND — [grind] vb ground ; grind.ing [ME, fr. OE grindan; akin to L frendere to crush, grind] vt (bef. 12c) 1: …
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Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
GRIND — / graɪnd; NAmE / verb , noun ■ verb ( ground , ground / graʊnd; NAmE /) FOOD / FLOUR …
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AXE — / æks; NAmE / noun , verb ■ noun ( especially BrE ) ( US usually ax ) 1. a …
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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
GRIND — I. grind 1 /ɡraɪnd/ BrE AmE verb ( past tense and past participle ground /ɡraʊnd/) [ Language: Old English ; …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
AXE — I. axe 1 BrE AmE ( also ax American English ) /æks/ noun [countable] 1 . a tool with a …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
AN — I. a S1 W1 /ə; strong eɪ/ BrE AmE ( also an ) indefinite article , determiner 1 . used …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
AXE — n. & v. (US ax) --n. 1 a chopping-tool, usu. of iron with a steel edge and wooden handle. 2 …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
AN — adj. the form of the indefinite article (see A(1)) used before words beginning with a vowel sound (an egg; an …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
GRIND — v. & n. v. (past and past part. ground) 1 a tr. reduce to small particles or powder by crushing …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
AXE — n. & v. (US ax) n. 1 a chopping-tool, usu. of iron with a steel edge and wooden handle. 2 …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
AN — adj. the form of the indefinite article (see A(1)) used before words beginning with a vowel sound (an egg; an …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
GRIND — v. & n. --v. (past and past part. ground) 1. a tr. reduce to small particles or powder by crushing …
Oxford English vocab
AXE — n. & v. (US ax) --n. 1. a chopping-tool, usu. of iron with a steel edge and wooden handle. 2 …
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Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
GRIND — ( grinds, grinding, ground) 1. If you grind a substance such as corn, you crush it between two hard surfaces …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
AXE — ( axes, axing, axed) Note: in AM, use 'ax' 1. An axe is a tool used for cutting wood. It …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
GRIND — I. verb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a cricket field/ground/pitch (= area of ground where cricket is played ) ▪ the …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
AXE — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ NOUN ice ▪ Straps/attachment points: ice axe loop and snap. ▪ He urged mountain …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
AXE — (REDUCE), US also ax [verb] [T] - to reduce (services, jobs, payments) greatly or completely without warning or in a …
Cambridge English vocab
GRIND
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
AXE — to make an inquiry Example: John wants to axe you a question
Slang English vocab
AXE — I. (esp. BrE ) ( AmE usually ax ) noun 1 tool VERB + AXE ▪ brandish ( esp. BrE …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
AXE — усекновение, сокращение бюджетных ассигнований (обыкн. государственных; напр., Geddes axe) букв. топор
Англо-Русский словарь Britain
GRIND — v. 1 pound, powder, pulverize, abrade, crush, granulate, mill, grate, rasp, crumble, kibble, mash, triturate, bray, comminute The rock was …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
AN — indefinite article BAD : I had never visited an hospital before. GOOD : I had never visited a hospital before. …
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AXE — 1. сущ. 1) топор; колун Syn : ax, chopper 2) ист. топор (палача); секира; казнь, отсечение головы 3) сл. резкое …
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AXE — axe.ogg _I 1. æks n 1. 1> топор; колун 2> ледоруб 3> ист. секира; боевой топор 2. ист. 1> топор …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
GRIND — 1) измельчение, размалывание; растирание ( в порошок ) ; мелкое дробление || измельчать, размалывать, молоть; растирать; мелко дробить 2) помол …
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