Phrase guide

have it

verb · 5 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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1

verb

Meaning 1

To state or hold as true; to insist.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • Conventional wisdom has it that heat rises, but in fact heat diffuses: hot air rises.
  • He'll have it that I am maliciously misleading him.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: hold

Antonyms: none provided

2

verb

Meaning 2

To buy: to purchase.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • Twenty quid, you say? Yes, we'll have it, thank you.
  • (Well, for only twenty quid, we're having it all day long, aren't we?)

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

verb

Meaning 3

To accept (an excuse, a behavior, etc); to believe.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • He tried to make excuses but she wouldn't have it / was not having it / was having none of it.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: buy it

Antonyms: none provided

4

verb

Meaning 4

To be the object of ridicule, rebuke, critique, etc.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • Near-synonym: get it

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: get it

Antonyms: none provided

5

verb

Meaning 5

To possess some desirable quality or ability; to be all that.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • I was nervous about her performing on stage, but after all these years, she still has it.
  • I was nervous about her performing on stage, but after all these years, she’s still got it. [alloform]

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

6 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Finnish: kertoa — to understand or believe
  • Finnish: sanoa — to understand or believe
  • German: besagen — to understand or believe
  • Hungarian: úgy tartja — to understand or believe
  • Polish: kupować — to understand or believe
  • Polish: kupić — to understand or believe