[Grammar] my teacher just has it xxxxx for me

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I’m stumped by the question below. I don’t know which preposition is correct in its context.

No matter how hard I work on my writing, I don’t seem to be improving much. I think my English language teacher just has it THROUGH/OFF/OUT/?? for me. She doesn’t seem to like me at all.

What does it mean?

Thank you for teaching me :-D
 
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I am not a teacher

I have only heard of "have it in for me" which means to harbor a grudge against someone.
Are you sure it is not in?
 

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'Have it out for somebody' is just another version of 'have it in for somebody', with the same meaning.
 

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It isn't in BrE.
 

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:up: Have it out is an idiom, but the preposition it takes is 'with' and it doesn't mean anything like 'have it in for'.

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Perhaps I should have added the qualifier 'in AmE' to my post #4, but in AmE 'have it out for somebody ' and 'have it in for somebody' are the same, meaning to bear a grudge against somebody, or to look for opportunities to punish/hurt/belittle them, etc.

AmE will also use 'got' in place of 'have' in both idioms, as in 'he's got it out/in for me'.
 

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'...have it off' means something else altogether.:oops:
 
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