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have on
verb
(usually adverb) to wear
(usually adverb) to have (a meeting or engagement) arranged as a commitment
what does your boss have on this afternoon?
informal(adverb) to trick or tease (a person)
(preposition) to have available (information or evidence, esp when incriminating) about (a person)
the police had nothing on him, so they let him go
Idioms and Phrases
have something on . See have nothing on , def. 3.
have someone on ; put someone on . Deceive or fool someone, as in There was no answer when I called; someone must be having me on , or You can't mean you're taking up ballet—you're putting me on! [ Colloquial ; mid-1800s]
Example Sentences
The campaign was initiated by the South Wales Trauma Network because of the impact the issue has on a number of affiliated professions.
Experts said they wanted to track the change in the behaviour of students and the impact it has on them.
And some pointed out different reasons for a decline in business, including the deleterious effect that recent immigration enforcement raids — and the protests they spurred — have had on tourism.
“Decisions like this are never easy, and we understand the impact they have on our team members.”
"I sent a video to my dad and he was like 'that's the one we had on in the pub, I think'," she said.
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