get the goods on

Idioms  

1. Also, have the goods on. Acquire or possess confidential information about someone, especially of a damaging or incriminating kind. For example, “Trouble is, they've got the goods on me” (Owen Johnson, The Lawrenceville Stories, 1909). [Slang; 1870s] Also see get on one.

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get the goods on

Not only are there spots that you can chase all over town, some have found more permanent homes — residencies, if you will — where you can reliably get the goods on a regular schedule.

From Seattle Times ● Jun. 28, 2023

I wanted to get the goods on Savile.

From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2016

Cary, ever the martyr for Kalinda, offered to testify, while pragmatic Kalinda wouldn’t testify but would somehow get the goods on Lemond.

From New York Times ● Apr. 26, 2015

Call yours right away to get the goods on what's going on, suggests the blog of server-monitoring services company Alertra.

From Inc ● Sep. 13, 2012

“No, we’ve got to get the goods on him,” said Andy.

From Andy at Yale Or, The Great Quadrangle Mystery by Roy Eliot Stokes

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