English Words: H

23,837 words · Page 96 of 477

have one's ass handed to oneverb

Alternative form of get one's ass handed to one.

have one's back upverb

To be angry or defensive.

have one's cake and eat it tooverb

To benefit by having two things which are mutually incompatible (such as eating a piece of cake and yet still possessing that piece for future use).

have one's ducks in a rowverb

To be organized; to have one's affairs in order; specifically, to have a multiperson effort coordinated towards the exact same goal.

have one's ears loweredverb

To get a haircut.

have one's ears onverb

To be listening on citizens' band radio.

have one's eye onverb

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see have, one's, eye, on.

have one's finger on the pulseverb

To understand (something) well.

have one's hand in the tillverb

To embezzle, to steal from one's place of business.

have one's hand outverb

To request benefits, especially monetary ones and especially if not entitled to them.

have one's hands fullverb

To be busy or thoroughly preoccupied.

have one's hands tiedverb

To be powerless to act, to be thwarted.

have one's head readverb

To have the bumps, indentations, and shape of one's skull examined and interpreted by a phrenologist.

have one's head screwed on rightverb

Alternative form of have one's head screwed on.

have one's heart in the right placeverb

To have good intentions.

have one's momentsverb

To experience brief periods of distinction, especially in contrast with the status quo.

have one's moonsverb

To undergo menstruation.

have one's name onverb

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see have, one's, name, on.

have one's name takenverb

To receive a yellow card.

have one's name written all oververb

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see have, one's, name, written, all, over.

have one's number on itverb

To be destined for someone.

have one's own zip codeverb

To be very large.

have one's pickverb

To (be able to) choose freely between many options.

have one's pockets on swoleverb

To have a lot of money.

have one's tail upverb

To be confident, spirited.

have one's tubes tiedverb

To undergo a tubal ligation.

have one's wayverb

To obtain the circumstances one wishes for; to do what one wishes to do, or to have others do what one wishes them to do.

have one's way withverb

Synonym of have one's way (“to obtain the circumstances one wishes for, with somebody or something”).

have one's Weetabixverb

To prepare to exhibit plenty of vitality or strength or other superior performance.

have one's whole life ahead of oneverb

To be young, and therefore have many years left to live and experience life.

have one's wig snatchedverb

To be shocked or stunned.

have one's wits about oneverb

To remain calm, composed, focused, or aware.

have one's work cut out for oneverb

To face a large task or project.

have other fish to fryverb

To have more important things to do.

have other ideasverb

To do something different from what is proposed or expected.

To argue to a conclusion or resolution.

To host (a visiting guest) at one's house.

have provincenoun

A province that does not receive equalization payments.

have reasonverb

To be right.

have respect of personsverb

To show favouritism toward certain people, as for their wealth etc.

have second thoughtsverb

To change one's opinion, or be uneasy about a previous decision.

have seen better daysverb

To be in poor condition, to be worn out.

have seen one's dayverb

Of a person, thing, idea, etc., to be at the point in a life cycle or career of no longer being useful or effective; to be worn-out.

have seen one's last gum treeverb

Of a person, on the edge of death.

have seen this filmverb

Alternative form of have seen this movie.

have seen this movieverb

To have experienced a situation which is the same as or similar to the current situation, especially with a sense of the unpleasantness or tiresomeness of the recurring situation.

have several seatsphrase

A directive for someone to calm down or modify their attitude, and to refrain from speaking about an issue in which they have limited knowledge or experience.

To engage in sex.

have shit onverb

To have an advantage over, to be superior to.

have someone by the ballsverb

To exercise total control over someone; to be in a position to threaten or extort someone.

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The English alphabetical index for the letter H contains 23,837 headwords drawn from our Wiktionary-derived dictionary table. At 50 entries per page the browse splits into 477 pages, and you are currently viewing page 96. Every row above is a dictionary-backed entry with a canonical slug, and each links through to a full definition page with pronunciation, senses, etymology, and related-word data where available.

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