| have an ax to grind 1. to have a selfish reason for saying or doing something. The best reporting is done by people who don't have an ax to grind. After you get the same complaints from a number of people, you begin to think it may not be just people who have personal axes to grind. 2. to have a strong opinion about something that influences your actions. I don't have an ax to grind about the fact that Christmas has become commercialized. |