单词 | hold no brief for |
释义 | hold no brief forSEE SYNONYMS FOR hold no brief for ON THESAURUS.COM Refuse to support, dislike, as in I hold no brief for liars. This term is a negative version of the legal expression hold a brief for, meaning “to support or defend a position by argument.” The noun brief has been used in this way since the 1200s. Words nearby hold no brief forholding operation, holding paddock, holding pattern, holding tank, hold it, hold no brief for, hold off, hold on, hold one's breath, hold one's end up, hold one's fire The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. |
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