have it

1. Receive or learn something, as in I have it on the best authority that he's running again . [Late 1600s]

2. Possess a solution, understand, as in Is this the new phone number? Do I have it straight? or I think I have it now . [Mid-1800s]

3. Take it, as in There's some ice cream left; go ahead and have it . This usage is always put as an imperative. [Second half of 1300s]

4. Have the victory, win, as in We've counted the votes and the nays have it . The related expressions have it over someone or have it all over someone mean “to be superior to someone.” For example, Jane has it all over Mary when it comes to reading aloud . [Early 1900s]

5. let someone have it . Give a beating, scolding, or punishment. For example, When she gets home Dad will let her have it . [Mid-1800s]

6. have it off . Have sexual intercourse, as in The two dogs were having it off in the backyard . [ Colloquial ; early 1900s] Also see the subsequent idioms beginning with have it ; not have it .

Example Sentences

“These logistics providers are really upping their game and building the capability so that they have it available to pharmaceutical clients.”

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"I'm still playing my original 1984 guitar on the Oasis 2025 tour, and I wouldn't have it any other way," he said.

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“We can’t have it knocked over — brutally — to put it brutally — before the election,” Kissinger said.

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Kelly: You didn't have it easy all the time at Sunderland going on a lot of loans, but then you did make it here to Everton.

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And the fueling truck, as luck would have it, broke down before it reached them.

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