have something on
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"I'm constantly watching my back," she said, "I have something on my phone so when I tap it three times, it sends an alert. It's dystopian but this is not unheard of."
From BBC
“You sound like you have something on your mind.”
From Literature
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“He’d be chatting with some official and they’d have something on their desk, and he’d read it, memorize it and have a good story.”
From Seattle Times
“We have a lot more overlapping programing so when there’s something on Damrosch in the bandshell, we’ll also have something on the dance floor,” said Shanta Thake, Lincoln Center’s chief artistic officer.
From Seattle Times
Contact lens wearers will sometimes think they have something on their contact lens.
From Scientific American
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