have something on
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“You’re going after someone for something that’s just silly. If the guy really was dirty, you should have something on him other than this seashell picture.”
From Salon • May 5, 2026
"I'm constantly watching my back," she said, "I have something on my phone so when I tap it three times, it sends an alert. It's dystopian but this is not unheard of."
From BBC • Mar. 3, 2026
“He’d be chatting with some official and they’d have something on their desk, and he’d read it, memorize it and have a good story.”
From Seattle Times • Jul. 10, 2023
Contact lens wearers will sometimes think they have something on their contact lens.
From Scientific American • Mar. 23, 2023
“I might have something on my bicycle. One minute.”
From "The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge" by M.T. Anderson and Eugene Yelchin
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