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Discover Ludwig"an axe to grind" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
It is typically used as an idiom meaning that someone has a personal agenda, a complaint, or a point of contention that they are eager to voice. Example sentence: "My tight-knit family always has an axe to grind when it comes to their political views."
Idiom
Have an axe to grind.
To have a dispute with someone.
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You might argue that it's August and those with an axe to grind saw a story.
Those who write about religion tend to have an axe to grind.
People chose to take part so many who did would have had an axe to grind.
Naturally, you'd expect a Labour councillor to have an axe to grind with the Coalition, but Darren's anger went deeper.
He concludes: "DailyMail.com will likely write me off as a disgruntled ex-employee with an axe to grind.
It doesn't do to upset the Canadians and, with an axe to grind, they're going after London's double act.
But his prime minister, Ibrahim Mahlab, criticised their credibility and said the channel had an axe to grind.
And local clerics don't have an axe to grind, they listen and then reflect back what they hear.
Trump must know that he is unlikely to convince most of the country that Mueller has an axe to grind.
He cautioned against newspapers basing stories on the claims of "disgruntled officials or former officials with an axe to grind".
There was no time to ask why they were talking or whether they had an axe to grind.
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