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Idioms and Phrases

Think badly of someone because of some fault or occurrence. For example, Even if you're late, I won't hold it against you , or She backed right into his new car, so he's bound to hold it against her . Also see bear a grudge .
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Decisions like that are fraught with second-guessing, the kind of moves fans can hold against a coach like they did a year ago when after nine games, Darvin Ham sent Austin Reaves to the bench to start Reddish.

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But what is not in the past is the prejudice some still hold against baby girls.

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By transferring the risk to investors, the $1.4 trillion asset bank could reduce the amount of capital it has to hold against those loans to cover for potential losses.

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The proposal would overhaul how banks gauge risk and, in turn, how much capital they must hold against potential losses.

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Fed Vice Chair for Supervision Michael Barr's said that the complex "Basel Endgame" proposal overhauling how banks gauge the amount of capital they must hold against potential losses should have a "limited" impact on banks' lending costs, with much of the focus on other activities, like trading.

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