have to

Idioms  

1. Also, have got to. Be obliged to, must. For example, We have to go now, or He has got to finish the paper today. The use of have as an auxiliary verb to indicate obligation goes back to the 16th century; the variant using got dates from the mid-1800s.

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Example Sentences

Ethics and etiquette often exist in that grey area, and you will have to decide whether calls and letters from the company and, possibly, a collection notice is worth $180.

From MarketWatch

“It’s just something that you have to always be locked in 100% of the time and just be ready to give your all for the team,” Sumanasekera said.

From Los Angeles Times

And once it expanded to 17 regular-season games in 2021, it became inevitable that people would have to decide between bone-crushing hits and candlelit dinners—that extra game pushed the Super Bowl into the second week of February.

From The Wall Street Journal

With a burst of sparks, Steyer appears inside the time-traveling DeLorean from the 1985 film “Back to the Future” and says, “You shouldn’t have to go back in time to afford a home in California.”

From Los Angeles Times

Although donations to cover travel don’t have to be disclosed under state and federal law, the report noted that the “potential risks and the perception of conflicts of interest associated with such funding outweigh the benefits of maintaining the anonymity of funding sources.”

From Los Angeles Times