have to

Also, have got to. Be obliged to, must. For example, We have to go now, or He has got to finish the paper today. The use of have as an auxiliary verb to indicate obligation goes back to the 16th century; the variant using got dates from the mid-1800s.

Words Nearby have to

have the guts
have the heart to
have the last laugh
have the makings of
have the say
have to
have to do with
have to show for
have two left feet
have up
have words with

How to use have to in a sentence

You git that Owens if you have-to haze him to hell and back!
The Flying U's Last Stand | B. M. Bower
"Yes," father would answer, in a sort of "is-that-all-you-have-to-say" tone.
The Story of My Life | Ellen Terry
"We-will-have-to-go-there-any-how," remarked Tik-Tok in his jerky machine voice.
Glinda of Oz | L. Frank Baum

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