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[haul in] or [haul up] or [pull in] <v.>, <slang> To bring before someone in charge for punishment or questioning; arrest. * /John was hauled in to court for speeding./ * /The tramp was hauled up for sleeping on the sidewalk./ Compare: CALL ON THE CARPET.

[haul in one's horns] See: PULL IN ONE'S HORNS.

[haul off] <v.> To move suddenly. - Used with "and" usually before a verb like "hit" or "kick". * /Ed hauled off and hit the other boy in the nose./ * /Lee hauled off and threw a touchdown pass./

[haul over the coals] or [rake over the coals] <v. phr.> To criticize sharply; rebuke; scold. * /The sergeant raked the soldier over the coals for being late for roll call./ Syn.: DRESS DOWN.

[have] See: CAT HAS NINE LIVES, ONE'S CAKE AND HAVE IT TOO, EVERY CLOUD HAS A SILVER LINING, EVERY DOG HAS HIS DAY, HAVE NOTHING ON or HAVE ANYTHING ON, LITTLE PITCHERS HAVE BIG EARS, or an important word after this in the sentence.

[have] or [get] or [develop a crush on] <v. phr.> To be infatuated with someone. * /Walter has a terrible crush on his English teacher, but she is a lot older and doesn't take it seriously./

[have a ball] <v. phr.>, <slang> Enjoy yourself very much; have a wonderful time. * /Johnny had a ball at camp./ * /Mary and Tim have a ball exploring the town./ * /After their parents left, the children had a ball./ Syn.: HAVE A TIME(2).

[have a bone to pick] See: BONE TO PICK.

[have a care] <v. phr.>, <formal> To be careful what you do. * /Jane, have a care what you're doing with that valuable glass./ * /The judge told him to have a care what he said in court./

[have a field day] <v. phr.> To enjoy great success or unlimited opportunity. * /The visiting basketball team was so weak that our school had a field day scoring one point after another./

[have a finger in the pie] See: FINGER IN THE PIE.

[have a fit] or [have fits] or [throw a fit] <v. phr.> 1. To have a sudden illness with stiffness or jerking of the body. * /Our dog had a fit yesterday./ 2. <informal> To become angry or upset. * /Father will throw a fit when he sees the dent in the car./ * /Howard will have a fit when he learns that he lost the election./ * /When John decided to drop out of college, his parents had fits./

[have a go at] <v. phr.>, <informal> To try, especially after others have tried. * /Bob asked Dick to let him have a go at shooting at the target with Dick's rifle./ * /She had a go at archery, but did not do very well./

[have a good head on one's shoulders] <v. phr.> To be smart; intelligent; well educated. * /Rob is not the handsomest guy in the world but the girls appreciate him because he has a good head on his shoulders./

[have a (good) head for] <v. phr.> To have a special talent in a certain area. * /Joan has quite a good head for business administration./

[have a (good) mind to] <v. phr.> To consider doing; intend to with a high degree of probability. * /I have a good mind to tell my boss that he doesn't know how to run our enterprise./

[have a hand in] <v. phr.> To have a part in or influence over; to be partly responsible for. * /Sue's schoolmates respect her and she has a hand in every important decision made by the Student Council./ * /Ben had a hand in getting ready the Senior play./ Compare: FINGER IN THE PIE.

[have a heart] <v. phr.>, <informal> To stop being mean; be kind, generous, or sympathetic. * /Have a heart, Bob, and lend me two dollars./ * /Have a heart, Mary, and help me with this lesson./ * /He didn't know if the teacher would have a heart and pass him./

[have a heart-to-heart talk] <v. phr.> To confide in someone with great intimacy. * /Jill and her mother had a heart-to-heart talk before she decided to move in with Andrew./

[have all one's buttons] or [have all one's marbles] <v. phr.>, <slang> To have all your understanding; be reasonable. - Usually used in the negative or conditionally. * /Mike acts sometimes as if he didn't have all his buttons./ * /He would not go to town barefooted if he had all his marbles./

[have a mind of one's own] <v. phr.> To be independent in one's thinking and judgment. * /Tow has always had a mind of his own so there is no use trying to convince him how to vote./

[have an affair with] <v. phr.> To have a sexual relationship with someone, either before marriage or outside of one's marriage. * /Tow and Jane had a long and complex affair but they never got married./

[have an ear for] <v. phr.> To have a keen perception; have a taste or a talent for; be sensitive to something. * /I have no ear whatsoever for foreign languages or music./

[have an ear to the ground] See: EAR TO THE GROUND.

[have an edge on] <v. phr.>, <informal> 1. To have an advantage over someone or something else in the course of an evaluative comparison. * /I can't beat you at tennis, but I have an edge on you in ping-pong./ 2. To be mildly intoxicated; to have had a few drinks. * /Joe sure had an edge on when I saw him last night./ Compare: EDGE ON.

[have an eye for] <v. phr.> To be able to judge correctly of; have good taste in. * /She has an eye for color and style in clothes./ * /He has an eye for good English usage./

[have an eye on] or [have one's eye on] <v. phr.>, <informal> 1. To look at or think about (something wanted); have a wish for; have as an aim. * /I bought ice cream, but Jimmy had his eye on some candy./ * /John has his eye on a scholarship so he can go to college./ Compare: IN MIND. 2. See: KEEP AN EYE ON(1).

[have an eye out] See: EYE OUT.

[have an eye] to See: EYE TO.

[have an itch for] or [to do] See: BE ITCHING TO.

[have a nodding acquaintance with] See: NODDING ACQUAINTANCE.

[have a price on one's head] See: PRICE ON ONE'S HEAD.

[have a rough idea about] See: ROUGH IDEA.

[have a say in] or [a voice in] <v. phr.> To have the right to express one's opinion or cast a vote in a pending matter. * /Our boss is friendly and democratic; he always encourages us to have a say in what we will do next./

[have a screw loose] <v. phr,>, <slang> To act in a strange way; to be foolish. * /Now I know he has a screw loose - he stole a police car this time./ * /He was a smart man but had a screw loose and people thought him odd./

[have a snowball's chance in hell] <v. phr.> To be condemned to failure; enjoy a zero chance of success. * /Pessimists used to think that we had a snowball's chance in hell to put a man on the moon; yet we did it in July, 1969./

[have a soft spot in one's heart for] <v. phr.> To be sympathetically inclined towards; entertain a predilection for. * /Ron always had a soft spot in his heart for intellectual women wearing miniskirts./

[have a sweet tooth] <v. phr.> To be excessively fond of dessert items, such as ice cream, pies, etc. * /Jill has a sweet tooth; she always orders apple pie after a meal in a restaurant./

[have a time] <v. phr.>, <informal> 1. To have trouble; have a hard time. * /Poor Susan had a time trying to get the children to go to bed./ * /John had a time passing his math course./ 2. To have a good time; to have fun. - Used with a reflexive pronoun. * /Bob had himself a time going to every night club in town./ * /Mary had herself a time dancing at the party./ Syn.: HAVE A BALL.

[have a way with] <v. phr.> To be able to lead, persuade, or influence. * /Dave has such a way with the campers that they do everything he tells them to do./ * /Ted will be a good veterinarian, because he has a way with animals./

[have a word with] <v. phr.> 1. To talk, discuss, or speak briefly with. * /Robert, I need to have a word with you about tomorrow's exam./ 2. To engage in a sincere discussion with the purpose of persuading the other person or let him or her know of one's dissatisfaction. * /Our boss has been making funny decisions lately; I think we ought to have a word with him./

[have been around] <v. phr.>, <informal> Have been to many places and done many things; know people; have experience and be able to take care of yourself. * /Uncle Willie is an old sailor and has really been around./ * /Betty likes to go out with Jerry, because he has been around./ * /It's not easy to fool him; he's been around./ Compare: GET AROUND, KNOW ONE'S WAY AROUND.

[have dibs on] or [put dibs on] <v. phr.>, <slang> To demand a share of something or to be in line for the use of an object usable by more than one person. * /Don't throw your magazine away! I put (my) dibs on it, remember?/

[have done] <v.>, <formal> To stop; finish. * /When the teacher had done, she asked for questions from the class./ * /If you have done, I will explain the matter./

[have done with] <v.> To stop doing or using something. * /When you have done with that paintbrush, Barbara, I would like to use it. * /I wish you would have done with your criticisms./

[have eyes only for] <v. phr.> To see or want nothing else but; give all your attention to; be interested only in. * /Of all the horses in the show, John had eyes only for the big white one./ * /All the girls liked Fred, but he had eyes only for Helen./

[have fits] See: HAVE A FIT.

[have got to] <v. phr.> Must; be in great need to do something; be obliged to. * /I am sorry but we have got to leave, otherwise, we'll miss the last train./

[have had it] <v. phr.>, <slang> To have experienced or suffered all you can; to have come to the end of your patience or life. * /"I've had it," said Lou, "I'm resigning from the job of chairman right now."/ * /When the doctor examined the man who had been shot, he said, "He's had it."/

[have hair] <v. phr.>, <slang> To possess courage, fortitude, guts, sex-appeal. * /I like him, he's got a lot of hair./

[have] or [hold the whip over] <v. phr.> To control; dominate. * /Eugene has always held the whip over his younger brothers and sisters./

[have in mind] <v. phr.> To plan; intend; select. * /We don't know whom our boss has in mind for the new position./

[have in one's hair] See: IN ONE'S HAIR.

[have in the palm of one's hand] <v. phr.> To completely control; have a project finished, all wrapped up. * /Our boss felt that if he could calm his critics he would soon have the entire factory in the palm of his hand./

[have it] <v. phr.> 1. To hear or get news; understand. * /I have it on the best authority that we will be paid for our work next week./ 2. To do something in a certain way. * /Make up your mind, because you can't have it both ways. You must either stay home or come with us./ * /Bobby must have it his way and play the game by his rules./ 3. To claim; say. * /Rumor has it that the school burned down./ * /Gossip has it that Mary is getting married./ * /The man is very smart the way his family has it, but I think he's silly./ 4. To allow it. - Usually used with "will" or "would" in negative sentences. * /Mary wanted to give the party at her house, but her mother wouldn't have it./ Syn.: HEAR OF, STAND FOR. 5. To win. * /When the senators vote, the ayes will have it./ 6. To get or find the answer; think of how to do something. * /"I have it!" said John to Mary. "We can buy Mother a nice comb for her birthday."/ 7. <informal> To have an (easy, good, rough, soft) time; have (certain kinds of) things happen to you; be treated in a (certain) way by luck or life. * /Everyone liked Joe and he had it good until he got sick./ * /Mary has it easy; she doesn't have to work./ 8. See: AS LUCK WOULD HAVE IT.

[have it all over] See: HAVE IT OVER.

[have it coming] <v. phr.> To deserve the good or bad things that happen to you. * /I feel sorry about Jack's failing that course, but he had it coming to him./ * /Everybody said that Eve had it coming when she won the scholarship./ Compare: ASK FOR, GET WHAT'S COMING TO ONE, SERVE RIGHT.

[have it in for] <v. phr.>, <informal> To wish or mean to harm; have a bitter feeling against. * /George has it in for Bob because Bob told the teacher that George cheated in the examination./ * /After John beat Ted in a fight, Ted always had it in for John./

[have it made] <v. phr.>, <slang> To be sure of success; have everything you need. * /With her fine grades Alice has it made and can enter any college in the country./ * /The other seniors think Joe has it made because his father owns a big factory./

[have it out] <v. phr.> To settle a difference by a free discussion or by a fight. * /Joe called Bob a bad name, so they went back of the school and had it out. Joe got a bloody nose and Bob got a black eye./ * /The former friends finally decided to have it out in a free argument and they became friends again./

[have it over] or [have it all over] <v. phr.> To be better than; be superior to. * /Anne has it all over Jane in looks and charm./ * /A professional golfer usually has it all over an amateur./ * /A jeep has it over a regular car on rough mountain trails./ Compare: BEAT ALL HOLLOW.

[have kittens] <v. phr.>, <slang> To become very much worried or upset. * /Mrs. Jones was having kittens because if was very late and Susan wasn't home yet./ Compare: HAVE A FIT.

[have lots (everything) going for one] <v. phr.> To have abilities or qualities that help in achieving one's goal; assets working in one's favor. * /The young woman will surely get the job; she has everything going for her./

[have money to burn] See: MONEY TO BURN.

[have no business] <v. phr.> To have no right or reason. * /Jack had no business saying those nasty things about Dick./ * /Vern's mother told him he had no business going swimming that day./

[have none of] <v. phr.> To refuse to approve or allow. * /The teacher said she would have none of Mike's arguing./ * /When the fullback refused to obey the captain, the captain said he would have none of that./

[have nothing on] or [not have anything on] <v. phr.> Not to be any better than; to have no advantage over. * /Susan is a wonderful athlete, but when it comes to dancing she has nothing on Mary./ * /Even though he is older, John has nothing on Peter in school./ * /Although the Smiths have a Rolls Royce, they have nothing on the Jones' who have a Cadillac and a Jaguar./ 2. To have no information or proof that someone broke the law. * /Mr. James was not worried when he was arrested because he was sure they had nothing on him./ * /Mr. Brown was an honest politician and they had nothing on him./

[have nothing to do with] <v. phr.> To not be involved with; not care about. * /Our firm has nothing to do with oil from the Near East; we are interested in solar energy./

[have no use for] See: NO USE.

[have on] <v.> 1. To be dressed in; wear. * /Mary had on her new dress./ 2. To have (something) planned; have an appointment; plan to do. * /Harry has a big weekend on./ * /I'm sorry I can't attend your party, but I have a meeting on for that night./ 3. See: HAVE NOTHING ON, HAVE SOMETHING ON.

[have one's ass in a sling] <v. phr.>, <slang>, <vulgar>, <avoidable> To be in an uncomfortable predicament; to be in the dog-house; to be at a disadvantage. * /Al sure had his ass in a sling when the boss found out about his juggling the account./