English Words: H

23,837 words · Page 97 of 477

have someone by the short hairsverb

To have someone in a difficult situation in which he or she is without alternatives and can be controlled.

have someone goingverb

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: See have, go.

have someone on toastverb

To have somebody in one's power, or in a compromising or helpless position.

have someone thereverb

To put someone in a disadvantageous position, as in an argument, such that someone doesn't have an appropriate answer or solution.

have someone's backverb

To be prepared and willing to support or defend someone.

have someone's bloodverb

To obtain satisfaction for a wrong by committing violence against someone.

have someone's guts for gartersverb

To reprimand severely.

have someone's headverb

To punish someone severely, as by sacking (firing), imprisonment, or similarly harsh penalties.

have someone's hideverb

To punish or subdue someone.

have someone's numberverb

To understand a person's character, capabilities, or situation.

have something going for oneverb

To have many advantages.

have something on good authorityverb

To know from a reliable source (that).

have something over withverb

To experience the ending or completion of something.

have something to show for somethingverb

To have (some profit, reward, benefit, etc.) as a result of (one's work, expenditure, etc.)

have the biscuitverb

To be of no further use; to be near death.

have the bluesverb

To be depressed; to have low morale; to feel sad.

have the cardsverb

Ellipsis of have the cards in one's hands.

have the cards in one's handsverb

To have the initiative for or the means of success, to be in a position to control the outcome.

have the dirts withverb

To resent or be angry at.

have the drains upverb

To investigate the internals of a situation.

have the drop onverb

To possess an advantage over another person, by acting before that person.

have the first ideaverb

To have any knowledge (about something); have a clue.

have the floorverb

To have permission or time to speak, especially in a formal situation.

have the foggiestverb

To know, understand or have a clue.

have the heartverb

To have the capacity (to do something); to be able to bring oneself to do something, especially something cruel or hardhearted.

have the hots forverb

To be attracted (sexually or romantically) to (someone); to fancy someone.

have the last laughverb

To be vindicated; to triumph despite predicted failure; to find success after defeat or setback.

have the law ofverb

To take legal action against someone.

have the painters inverb

To menstruate; to be on one's period.

have the pas of someoneverb

To have precedence over someone.

have the pleasureverb

Used as a polite formula to ask for a person's name, or to request that they join one in a dance, etc.

have the right timeverb

To know the correct time of day.

have the run ofverb

To have permission or freedom to move around throughout an area or to use something at will.

have the sun in one's eyesverb

To have difficulty seeing because of bright sunlight shining directly at one's eyes.

have the tiger by the tailverb

To be in a difficult or dangerous situation in which one ideally should not remain, but from which one cannot withdraw.

have the timeverb

To be available; to have time; to have nothing more important to do.

have the whole bakeryverb

To have large, callipygian buttocks; to be caked up.

have the wolf by the earverb

To be in a dangerous situation from which one cannot disengage, but in which one cannot safely remain.

have the world by the tailverb

To possess great influence and opportunity.

have tickets on oneselfverb

To be conceited.

To be available, to have the time, to be without commitments over a certain period of time (thus being able to choose what to do with it, instead of following a schedule).

Must; need to; to be urged to; to be required to; indicates obligation.

have to say for oneselfverb

Used with other words to show that someone lacks an explanation for what he or she is doing or has done.

have truck withverb

To have dealings with; to truck with.

To accuse, arrest, try for a criminal act.

have Van Gogh's ear for musicverb

To be tone-deaf.

have wind in one's jawverb

Alternative form of get wind in one's jaws

To argue, to have an argument.

have you met mephrase

Said when the interlocutor has shown surprise at the speaker's typical attitudes or behavior.

have'tcontraction

Contraction of have + it.

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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 97. 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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