Usage of "have an axe"

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Usage of have an axe in English

I am a practical man, and have an axe to grind. 
 Unleavened Bread 

While he may have an axe to grind, he may also have a point. 
 Reuters 

You have an axe to grind, I take it. 
 The Taming of Red Butte Western 

We have an axe and a tomahawk,-whatshould hinder us from making one like it? 
 Lost in the Backwoods: A Tale of the Canadian Forest 

And you must have an axe and bloodstained sheets! 
 The Cook's Wedding and Other Stories 

I am not spreading bad news about South Africa because I have an axe to grind. 
 The South African 

And I don't remember how long it is since I did have an axe of my own. 
 The Schoolmaster and Other Stories 

We did a bunch of glissading on the way down and were happy to have an axe with us. 
 Rock and Ice Magazine 

I have an axe to grind in doing so; for I believe that you can be of assistance to me. 
 The Banner Boy Scouts; or, The Struggle for Leadership 

As you so frankly conclude I have an axe to grind, there is no reason why I should hide the fact. 
 The Bay State Monthly, Volume 3, No. 2 

Anna, who refuses to acknowledge the passing of years and who likes to have an axe to grind, changed the subject pronto. 
 The Irish Times 

But instead of that, Mrs. Rabbit had an axe in her hand. 
 The Tale of Peter Mink / Sleepy-Time Tales 

He had an axe lying concealed in the heather near where he sat. 
 Absalom's Hair 

He had the luck to please everybody who had an axe to grind. 
 Back to Methuselah: A Metabiological Pentateuch 

Even if it had been a bear, I had an axe. 
 The Window-Gazer 

Angela Corey has an axe to grind, or so it seems. 
 Ebony 

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Meanings of have an axe in English