What does it mean "not to hold something against someone"?

uri

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Sep 20, 2008, 6:39:59 PM9/20/08

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What does the sentence "I won't hold that against you" mean ?

contrex

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Sep 20, 2008, 7:36:44 PM9/20/08

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On 20 Sep, 23:39, uri <darkmatte...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> What does the sentence "I won't hold that against you" mean ?

I won't blame you for it

jerry_f...@yahoo.com

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Sep 20, 2008, 7:37:33 PM9/20/08

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On Sep 20, 4:39 pm, uri <darkmatte...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> What does the sentence "I won't hold that against you" mean ?

"I won't be angry at you because of that" or "I won't lose respect for
you because of that."

--
Jerry Friedman

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shamika...@gmail.com

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Feb 17, 2013, 1:00:57 PM2/17/13

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I actually have a question if the guy i like and liked me we had feeling for eachother. Says he wont talk to me because we argue. Which we dont i talk and let him know when i feel disrespected by him but he shuts down on me. and now wont talk to me is he holding that against me

shamika...@gmail.com

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Feb 17, 2013, 1:00:58 PM2/17/13

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Steve Hayes

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Feb 17, 2013, 1:21:41 PM2/17/13

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On Sun, 17 Feb 2013 10:00:57 -0800 (PST), shamika...@gmail.com wrote:

>I actually have a question if the guy i like and liked me we had feeling for eachother. Says he wont talk to me because we argue. Which we

I think there's a prob;lem with your line lengths.

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Arcadian Rises

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Feb 17, 2013, 3:12:14 PM2/17/13

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On Feb 17, 1:00 pm, shamikamoore...@gmail.com wrote:
> I actually have a question if the guy i like and liked me we had feeling for eachother. Says he wont talk to me because we argue. Which we dont i talk and let him know when i feel disrespected by him but he shuts down on me. and now wont talk to me is he holding that against me

Better ask a marriage counselor specialized in couple communication.
Here we deal with language as an instrument of communication.

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Lady Mondegreen

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Feb 17, 2013, 3:31:52 PM2/17/13

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Lewis graced the interwebs with the following pearls of wisdom:

> "To hold it against you" means to bear a grudge. To continue to be mad
> about whatever 'it' is. To allow something in the past to have a
> negative effect on the present.
>
> If someone can't get hired because they went to prison, their ex-con
> status is being held agains them. If a friend will not let you drive his
> car because once you borrowed it and returned it with an empty tank,
> he's holding that against you.

The literal and figurative meanings are combined in the song, a hit a couple
of years ago by (IIRC) the Bellamy Brothers.

If I said you had a beautiful body
Would you hold it against me?

No Curlytop that's not an invitation.
--
For there's a garden and a sad old palm-tree.
On and on we'll walk at daybreak,
Again I'll touch the green green grass of home.

THE COLONEL

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Feb 18, 2013, 9:20:13 AM2/18/13

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<shamika...@gmail.com> wrote in message
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Well, if yer both guys, then you must be Scottish.

THE COLONEL

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Feb 18, 2013, 9:21:07 AM2/18/13

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"Arcadian Rises" <Arcadi...@aol.com> wrote in message
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Poof!
LOL

Curlytop

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Feb 18, 2013, 3:41:47 PM2/18/13

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Lady Mondegreen set the following eddies spiralling through the space-time
continuum:

> If I said you had a beautiful body
> Would you hold it against me?
>
> No Curlytop that's not an invitation.

Oh no <sob> :(

Are we going to see you at Blackpool this coming weekend?
--
ξ: ) Proud to be curly

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juanma...@gmail.com

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Sep 17, 2014, 10:28:11 AM9/17/14

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well, depending what kind of dialogue you are using while interacting with him, maybe he is just offended or it might be that he is getting it as an excused to get away from you.

Don Phillipson

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Sep 17, 2014, 8:56:07 PM9/17/14

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<juanma...@gmail.com> wrote in message
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>> well, depending what kind of dialogue you are using while interacting
>> with him, maybe he is just offended or it might be that he is getting it
>> as an excused to get away from you.

Not likely. This standard phrase identifies:
(1) "something" = a report or allegation about someone's behavior,
(2) the speaker's undertaking not to use this "something" as evidence
of general dishonesty or other misbehavior. This undertaking is not limited
to interactions with the other party or to conversation (dialogue.)

--
Don Phillipson
Carlsbad Springs
(Ottawa, Canada)

Peter Moylan

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Sep 17, 2014, 9:34:27 PM9/17/14

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On 18/09/14 00:28, juanma...@gmail.com wrote:

> well, depending what kind of dialogue you are using while interacting with him, maybe he is just offended or it might be that he is getting it as an excused to get away from you.

When reviving an ancient thread, it's a good idea to let us know what
you're responding to.

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CDB

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Sep 17, 2014, 9:47:40 PM9/17/14

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Consider the old joke, "If I said you had a lovely body, would you hold
it against me?"