[Grammar] my teacher just has it xxxxx for me

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Oceanlike

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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
 
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?
 
'Have it out for somebody' is just another version of 'have it in for somebody', with the same meaning.
 
It isn't in BrE.
 
: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'.
 
'...have it off' means something else altogether.:oops:
 
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