have an axe to grind

Meaning

1. Oxford100% of films

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

   you sound like you got a axe to grind against the Cause

In the movies · 1

• you sound like you got a axe to grind against the CauseThe Hateful Eight2015

More idioms

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• have written all over it
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• if memory serves me well
• if truth be known
• in the hope of
• keep a lid on
• lie low
• make a move on
• make blood boil
• nine times out of ten