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have it
Receive or learn something, as in I have it on the best authority that he's running again . [Late 1600s]
let someone have it . Give a beating, scolding, or punishment. For example, When she gets home Dad will let her have it . [Mid-1800s]
Take it, as in There's some ice cream left; go ahead and have it . This usage is always put as an imperative. [Second half of 1300s]
have it off . Have sexual intercourse, as in The two dogs were having it off in the backyard . [ Colloquial ; early 1900s] Also see the subsequent idioms beginning with have it ; not have it .
Possess a solution, understand, as in Is this the new phone number? Do I have it straight? or I think I have it now . [Mid-1800s]
Have the victory, win, as in We've counted the votes and the nays have it . The related expressions have it over someone or have it all over someone mean “to be superior to someone.” For example, Jane has it all over Mary when it comes to reading aloud . [Early 1900s]
Example Sentences
At the beginning, we see Nikki’s bag as an agent of chaos, and then it’s sort of this Mary Poppins-like bag, where anything that Molly would need, she’s gonna have it.
“When you grow up in a place like Santa Clarita, that’s a conservative suburb, there’s not really any place to play. Los Angeles is a 45-minute drive away and you are forced to figure out how to play shows and build your own community and space with what you have. It also makes you work a little harder,” said Keegan.
As luck would have it, Pete was captured on video just as Banksy's team were putting the finishing touches to Valentine's Day Mascara – a video that The Banksy Story managed to obtain.
Theoretically, Nike is such a big brand that it should be able to put up prices without it hitting their sales, he says, but adds: "Do they have it right now is the question and do they have it across their product offering is another?"
"If we don't have it, we can barely get a shower," said the 71-year-old retired joiner and manufacturer.
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