Wiktionary
alt. 1 (context US English) A proposition or point of view to advocate, especially motivated by self-interest 2 (context US English) a grudge n. 1 (context US English) A proposition or point of view to advocate, especially motivated by self-interest 2 (context US English) a grudge
Usage examples of "ax to grind".
Maybe the Curtis murder is Just his ax to grind and he thinks we'll get into it through the back door.
We have no ax to grind, commercially, thanks to the Darrow endowment and member support, but we must continue to be impartial.
We have no ax to grind, commercially, thanks to the Darrow endowment and member supp ort, but we must continue to be impartial.
Dan has German in his line, you've got European, and whatever's out there has an ax to grind.
It suddenly struck Jon-Tom that having disposed of the perambulator and its perturbations, as well as having cured its captor, they now had to decide how to deal with an angry, intelligent, six-foot-tall wolverine with, so to speak, an ax to grind.
As the envoys made clear, they chose someone who would have no personal agenda concerning their actions or ours, rather than some head of state or government employee or political figure who might have an ax to grind.
As a director of the power syndicate Harriman had backed the power satellite-with a private ax to grind: he expected to power a Moon ship with fuel manufactured in the power satellite and thus to achieve the first trip to the Moon almost at once.
There was no trouble, it was sane and sensible, likely to appeal to anyone with no ax to grind.