have had it

Idioms  

1. 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 .

2. Be in a state beyond remedy, repair, or salvage, as in That old coat has had it .

3. 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.

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Example Sentences

According to Jesso, he wouldn’t have had it not been for a breakup that left him “the most depressed I’ve ever been in my life, by far.”

From Los Angeles Times

"I'm probably in better shape now than I was before either of my children because I now know what caused that pelvic girdle pain, and have had it fully treated and resolved with manual therapy," she says.

From BBC

McCall, 58, said she found a lump in her breast after checking herself and got it examined, adding: "It was very, very small, so I got it very, very early which is incredibly lucky. But I am so relieved to have had it removed and to know that it hasn't spread."

From BBC

The federal courts have had it, and they will not tolerate this.

From Slate

My friend bought it for us and we have had it at the museum ever since.

From The Wall Street Journal