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hold no brief for

VERB
discountenance
Synonyms
STRONG
condemn deprecate disapprove discourage disesteem disfavor dispute resist
WEAK
count me out discommend frown on not go for not stand for object to put down take a dim view of take exception to
Antonyms
STRONG
agree approve endorse go along
WEAK
back countenance sanction support

Example Sentences

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Let me say that I hold no brief for President Trump.

From Washington Post • Dec. 6, 2019

I hold no brief for Kim Kardashian, nor for the people who sustain her by consuming the media in which she so lucratively appears.

From The Guardian • Oct. 8, 2016

I hold no brief for Hillary Clinton or anyone else in the race.

From Salon • Apr. 12, 2016

Speaking for myself, I don't feel at all defensive about video games, not least because I hold no brief for them.

From Slate • Dec. 16, 2010

But it was not love: I do not claim that; I hold no brief for myself, I do not excuse it.

From "Absalom, Absalom!" by William Faulkner

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.