have it in one

Idioms

Have the ability to accomplish something. As Sir Arthur Conan Doyle put it in A Study in Scarlet (1887), “I know well that I have it in me to make my name famous.”

Example Sentences

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"How can they have it in one game and not other others? The inconsistency is ridiculous. It is not acceptable to take that long either as the fans have no idea what is going on."

From BBC • Jan. 10, 2022

I knew what a worshipper of beauty you were; how you must have it, in one form or another, always around you.

From The Rosary by Barclay, Florence L. (Florence Louisa)

"And I'll have it in one note, if you please!"

From Australia Felix by Richardson, Henry Handel

"Tell him he shall have it in one moment," replied I. "And now bring me a light."

From Charles O'Malley, The Irish Dragoon, Volume 2 by Lever, Charles James

I have it in one of my most precious portfolios!

From Hildegarde's Harvest by Richards, Laura Elizabeth Howe

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