have had it
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Also, have had it up to here . Have endured all one can, as in I've had it with their delays , or She has had it up to here with her hour-long commute .
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Be in a state beyond remedy, repair, or salvage, as in That old coat has had it .
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Be dead, as in His heart just stopped; he'd had it . All three colloquial usages, which appear to be shortenings of have had enough , date from the mid-1900s.
Example Sentences
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My friend bought it for us and we have had it at the museum ever since.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 26, 2025
The son of an American prince, he could have had it all.
From Salon • Jul. 17, 2025
With cancer this advanced, mustn’t he have had it while in office?
From Slate • May 23, 2025
"I'm worried now it's passed on to my children - I'm more worried about them than me, because they will have had it from birth and not from later on in life," the 52-year-old said.
From BBC • Apr. 2, 2025
“I have had it all tested for poison,” he assured Harry, pouring most of the first bottle into one of Hagrid’s bucket-sized mugs and handing it to Hagrid.
From "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" by J.K. Rowling
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