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have out

verb

  1. to settle (a matter) or come to (a final decision), esp by fighting or by frank discussion (often in the phrase have it out )

  2. to have extracted or removed

    I had a tooth out

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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“I want to thank the members of the search committee who have, out of their love for UCLA, agreed to contribute their time and expertise to this process,” Bruins athletic director Martin Jarmond, who will head the committee, said in a statement.

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“He’s just an athlete we have to have out there.”

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“He was there with a couple of us and just immediately fit right in. He likes to have fun. He’s always smiling, he’s always laughing. He’s really fun to have out there.”

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“Let’s just kind of use the guys that we have out there and some of the talent at the skill positions that we have.”

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There’s actors who arrive on a movie and see the director as a potential obstacle, and they can deliver great performances, and it might just be the way they need to feel to get what they have out.

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