axe to grind Definition| Urban Word Dictionary

axe to grind

To have a grievance with someone, especially where one feels the need to seek damaging retribution.The phrase probably originates from the act of sharpening an axe with a grinding wheel, with the intent (in this definition) to get revenge on someone by maiming or killing them. ;)

axe to grind

by Elemenopy Queuarestes on May 29, 2018 07:15:02

To have an ulterior motive, especially hidden behind a friendly demeanor. From a story attributed to Ben Franklin and later Charles Miner, in which a friendly stranger asks a youth for the use of a grindstone to sharpen his axe, but tricks the youth into doing all of the work.

Example:
"When I see a merchant over-polite to his customers ... thinks I, that man has an axe to grind."

axe to grind

by Humpty on Feb 27, 2007 22:53:55

To have a grievance with someone, especially where one feels the need to seek damaging retribution.

The phrase probably originates from the act of sharpening an axe with a grinding wheel, with the intent (in this definition) to get revenge on someone by maiming or killing them. ;)

Example:
"Five years ago that guy stole my idea for an invention and made tons of money off it! I've had an axe to grind with him ever since. My latest invention will put him out of business for sure, you'll see! Muwahahahaha!!"

Elsewhere

Latest Searches

go between, MELANIN, one direction, Melanie Martinez, Get a get a mug mug, day in age, Melanie fontana, any craic, deferative, CHEET EPP, Erstwhile, Melanie accusation, pearson, Tonality Science, Alt F4, Melanie Trump, gorsh, sanity not included, five in the poo, walking zombie, the tree, insertation, fix it up, RoboCop, Melanie C, non-perishable, Hopper, no strings, Melanie, disciples, variant, Melanical, inexplicably, bold statement, tutor, running your suck, Melania Trump, Intersect, yusha, S(he) Be(li)eve(d), Deployal, two by four, fractals, Melania Antoinette, irratted, Tasky Lizard, submerge, Melania, Cockslapper, man strating, a new world, srv, Melanesia, melane, get a monkey, checking, shot in the head, direct Effect, consistency, Spit it out, melanated, jeopardized, mark the territory, sexual predator, Early June, anthropological, melan, Ruehl 925, Lexical-Redirect, Mela, Three Boys One Cup, bubble butt, how high, out of controller, chillin in da crib, conquer, a three, Mel Gibson, ASSHOLE, at the wrong end, Small-browsing, Weekenditis, the da vinci code, Mel Brooks, Lifesavers, rocks off, nething, Mel Blanc, Rub it like Rapps, Intestinal Testimony, wuddup, one of, since the sandbox, mel, nibbled, Take off!, Mekus, Mekong river, Cackers, Example Person, kid in a candy store, C-SPAN Challenge, super EGO, He pulled a Mathis, Mekong, mano-a-mano, fund it, c-word, Mekko, Parcc, Labeling, Get this, Mekhi Phifer, gorging, Skyrimitis, Manipulize, Directionator, hashing, Mekenna, Budokai, get a set, perpetrate, Mekanik, humidifier, Cometh, Mekai, the Tea Party, Meka, tidak, jail breaker, fott, r-slur, mek, Ellie Goulding, the site, gooned, Meiyar, to take chances, Isthmus, nobody, Meister Eder, the Mask, verbal beating, morphin, Jägermeister, Meister, not dealing, peel back, droven, Mediatation, Meista, March 3, meist, ankles, KTHXBAI, KADAFI, Meisner, apple sauce, longtime, opp, Blarney Stone, on gear, the midnight, Hood rat, Meiserstein, Wesley, Meisa Kuroki, coochie snorcher, To snake, rims, meiring, two face, fear figment, bridging, holistic steamroller, two bros, Meir, A Lowkey, hoomies, meiosis, fix it, straightest, Mah, GOT ASS, Alicorn, Mein gott, Brahmin, hurk, no sass, Mein Leben, Mein Kampf, poring, TEAM LEADER, you Son of a Bitch, Ame, heff, illegal fireworks, brinks, Mein Fuhrer, IN DA CITY, axe to grind, go between, MELANIN, one direction, Melanie Martinez, Get a get a mug mug, day in age, Melanie fontana, any craic, deferative, CHEET EPP, Erstwhile, Melanie accusation, pearson, Tonality Science, Alt F4, Melanie Trump, gorsh, sanity not included, five in the poo, walking zombie, the tree, insertation, fix it up, RoboCop, Melanie C, non-perishable, Hopper, no strings, Melanie, disciples, variant, Melanical, inexplicably, bold statement, tutor, running your suck, Melania Trump, Intersect, yusha, S(he) Be(li)eve(d), Deployal, two by four, fractals, Melania Antoinette, irratted, Tasky Lizard, submerge, Melania, Cockslapper, man strating, a new world, srv, Melanesia, melane, get a monkey, checking, shot in the head, direct Effect, consistency, Spit it out, melanated, jeopardized, mark the territory, sexual predator, Early June, anthropological, melan, Ruehl 925, Lexical-Redirect, Mela, Three Boys One Cup, bubble butt, how high, out of controller, chillin in da crib, conquer, a three, Mel Gibson, ASSHOLE, at the wrong end, Small-browsing, Weekenditis, the da vinci code, Mel Brooks, Lifesavers, rocks off, nething, Mel Blanc, Rub it like Rapps, Intestinal Testimony, wuddup, one of, since the sandbox, mel, nibbled, Take off!, Mekus, Mekong river, Cackers, Example Person, kid in a candy store, C-SPAN Challenge, super EGO, He pulled a Mathis, Mekong, mano-a-mano, fund it, c-word, Mekko, Parcc, Labeling, Get this, Mekhi Phifer, gorging, Skyrimitis, Manipulize, Directionator, hashing, Mekenna, Budokai, get a set, perpetrate, Mekanik, humidifier, Cometh, Mekai, the Tea Party, Meka, tidak, jail breaker, fott, r-slur, mek, Ellie Goulding, the site, gooned, Meiyar, to take chances, Isthmus, nobody, Meister Eder, the Mask, verbal beating, morphin, Jägermeister, Meister, not dealing, peel back, droven, Mediatation, Meista, March 3, meist, ankles, KTHXBAI, KADAFI, Meisner, apple sauce, longtime, opp, Blarney Stone, on gear, the midnight, Hood rat, Meiserstein, Wesley, Meisa Kuroki, coochie snorcher, To snake, rims, meiring, two face, fear figment, bridging, holistic steamroller, two bros, Meir, A Lowkey, hoomies, meiosis, fix it, straightest, Mah, GOT ASS, Alicorn, Mein gott, Brahmin, hurk, no sass, Mein Leben, Mein Kampf, poring, TEAM LEADER, you Son of a Bitch, Ame, heff, illegal fireworks, brinks, Mein Fuhrer,