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have a word with

Speak with, discuss with, as in Jerry asked to have a word with you, or I must have a word with Bill about the repairs. This expression, from the late 1400s, was at one time used interchangeably with have words with, but it no longer is.

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Words nearby have a word with

have a thing going, have a time of it, have a way with, have a weakness for, have a whack at, have a word with, have a yen for, have designs on, have dibs on, have done, have eyes only for
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