have on

verb

1. (usually adverb) to wear

2. (usually adverb) to have (a meeting or engagement) arranged as a commitment

   what does your boss have on this afternoon?

3. informal,  (adverb) to trick or tease (a person)

4. (preposition) to have available (information or evidence, esp when incriminating) about (a person)

   the police had nothing on him, so they let him go

Idioms and Phrases

have something on . See have nothing on , def. 3.

have someone on ; put someone on . Deceive or fool someone, as in There was no answer when I called; someone must be having me on , or You can't mean you're taking up ballet—you're putting me on! [ Colloquial ; mid-1800s]

Example Sentences

Lucy Davies sees the devastation repossessions can have on a daily basis.

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She had on a yellow sundress that Michael had never seen before.

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“It wasn’t necessarily something that I had on a bucket list,” she said.

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It is also unclear how much of an impact the strikes are having on the wider flow of drugs, a significant portion of which cross the land border between Mexico and the US.

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What suggestions do you have on how we might retrieve his artwork?

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