to finish sth unpleasant so that it does not continue:
Let's have done with this silly argument.
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1 to be in a very bad condition; to be unable to be repaired:
The car had had it. | | |
| to have sex with sb | | |
| to claim that it is a fact that...: Rumour has it that we'll have a new manager soon. | | |
| to be likely to suffer the unpleasant effects of your actions and to deserve to do so: It was no surprise when she left him-everyone knew he had it coming to him. | | |
| to not like sb and be unpleasant to them | | |
to be likely to suffer the unpleasant effects of your actions and to deserve to do so:
It was no surprise when she left him-everyone knew he had it coming to him. | | |
to be capable of doing sth:
Everyone thinks he has it in him to produce a literary classic. * You were great. I didn't know you had it in you. * You spoke really well at that meeting, standing up for us all. I never knew you had it in you. | | |
| to be not nearly as good as sb/sth | | |
not willing to listen to or believe sth:
I tried to persuade her to wait but she wasn't having any. | | |
to try to make sb believe sth that is not true, usually as a joke:
You didn't really, did you? You're not having me on, are you? | | |
to try to settle a dispute by discussing or arguing about it openly:
I need to have it out with her once and for all. | | |