HAVE IT Definition & Meaning

have it

Receive or learn something, as in I have it on the best authority that he's running again . [Late 1600s]
let someone have it . Give a beating, scolding, or punishment. For example, When she gets home Dad will let her have it . [Mid-1800s]
Take it, as in There's some ice cream left; go ahead and have it . This usage is always put as an imperative. [Second half of 1300s]
have it off . Have sexual intercourse, as in The two dogs were having it off in the backyard . [ Colloquial ; early 1900s] Also see the subsequent idioms beginning with have it ; not have it .
Possess a solution, understand, as in Is this the new phone number? Do I have it straight? or I think I have it now . [Mid-1800s]
Have the victory, win, as in We've counted the votes and the nays have it . The related expressions have it over someone or have it all over someone mean “to be superior to someone.” For example, Jane has it all over Mary when it comes to reading aloud . [Early 1900s]

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"If we don't have it, we can barely get a shower," said the 71-year-old retired joiner and manufacturer.

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"I always said I will get back to dentistry. The goal is 2029 right now, so I'm going to enjoy these years of running while I have it," Nuguse tells BBC Sport.

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"That's nearly a third of the total trucks that entered Gaza during the entire war, in just over a month," Cogat wrote in a post on X. "There is enough food for a long period of time, if Hamas lets the civilians have it."

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“I probably wouldn’t have made it through the night if I didn’t have it,” May recalled doctors telling him of the surgery, while recounting the ordeal for the first time this spring.

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"For that you need a strong base. If you don't have it, we are not going to help our kids. They had their chances and sometimes the pressure playing for Manchester United is really big."

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