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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That said, there is one area where millennials definitively have had it harder than Boomers.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 11, 2026
The players have had it up their tonsils with the fighting talk, knowing that only deeds and not words are going to get the job done, beginning in Rome on Saturday.
From BBC • Feb. 6, 2026
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 know that most girls my age have had it with their mothers.
From "Sparrow" by Sarah Moon
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