have it out

1. Settle decisively, especially in an argument or discussion. For example, “I shall double-lock myself in with him and have it out before I die” (Charles Dickens, Nicholas Nickleby, 1839). [Early 1800s]

Example Sentences

The release called the bureau “another woke, weaponized arm of the bureaucracy that leverages its power against certain industries and individuals disfavored by so-called ‘elites,’” though it didn’t specify those industries or individuals or the “elites” that supposedly have it out for them.

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My mistake, I suppose, was in being bullied by the record company to have it out as a properly paid-for Pink Floyd record.

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Big Toaster might have it out for me if enough readers follow in my footsteps.

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“Bottle it up and have it out here every day this week and find a way to just not have that feeling.”

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"When I go and you have it out around the corner, that is the problem," he said.

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Related Words

• argue 
• bicker 
• break with 
• carp 
• complain 
• differ 
• fall out 
• feud 
• spar 
• squabble 
• tangle 
• wrangle