Have Got

Definition: Have Got

Have Got

Verb

1. Have or possess, either in a concrete or an abstract sense: "She has $1,000 in the bank"; "He has got two beautiful daughters"; "She holds a Master's degree from Harvard".

2. Be obliged, required, or forced to; "She has to get her driver's license".

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Tips from 1870

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Synonyms: Have Got

Crosswords: Have Got

You have got to buck up, man. You cannot drag this negative energy in to the tournament (The Big Lebowski; writing credit: Ethan Coen; Joel Coen)

Jesus, Plank, couldn't you have got smokeless cartridges (Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels; writing credit: Guy Ritchie)

You ain't ugly like me, it's just that we both have got scars (Unforgiven; writing credit: Walon Green; Roy N. Sickner)

We have got to head in now (The Perfect Storm; writing credit: William D. Wittliff)

No, no, we would have got you eventually (Se7en; writing credit: Andrew Kevin Walker)

All the young girls they have got the blues (UNDERCOVER OF THE NIGHT; performing artist: Rolling Stones)

And now that I have got you all alone (Gotta Tell You; performing artist: Samantha Mumba)

If you wanna be my lover, you have got to give, (Wannabe; performing artist: Spice Girls)

Police have got the choke hold, oh, and we just lost the beat (We Built This City; performing artist: Starship)

People have got to sell (Twist in my Sobriety; performing artist: Tanita Tikaram)

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The boys helped me or I never could have got in. Credit: Library of Congress.

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The old question will be asked in this matter of prerogative, But who shall be judge when this power is made a right use of ? 1 answer: between an executive power in being, with such a prerogative, and a legislative that depends upon his will for their convening, there can be no judge on earth; as there can be none between the legislative and the people, should either the executive, or the legislative, when they have got the power in their hands, design, or go about to enslave or destroy them. (Second Treatise of Government)

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An icicle must have got into the works

He had read somewhere that the Eskimos had over two hundred different words for snow, without which their conversation would probably have got very monotonous

It is probable, that without it the prioress and Fauchelevent would never have got out of the snarl

When you have got my ornaments ready, I will wear them

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Business

Some Russians, especially inhabitants of large cities have got access to private insurance programs. (references)

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Expressions using "have got": have got a cold ♦ have got a record ♦ have got over with ♦ have got pins and needles in my legs ♦ have got the hang of smb. ♦ have got the wind up ♦ have got through ♦ have got to ♦ i have got pins and needles in my legs ♦ i have got the measles. Additional references.

Afrikaans

hк (have), hê (have, to have). (various references)

Catalan

tenir (desire, have, to have, wish). (various references)

Danish

have (garden, have). (various references)

Dutch

heeft (has, have), hebben (have), erop nahouden (have, own, possess). (various references)

Esperanto

havi (have). (various references)

Faeroese

hava (have). (various references)

Finnish

omistaa (dedicate, have, own, possess). (various references)

French

avoir (have, having). (various references)

Frisian

ha (have). (various references)

Galician

ten (have, it has, you have, you have got), temos (we have got), teño (have, I have got). (various references)

German

haben (come up with, have, have got to, hold, hold down, implicatezurFolge, keep, meet with, own, possess, sell, take, to have, ve, wield). (various references)

Greek 

είμαι κρυωμένοσ (have got a cold), τα πόδια μου είναι μουδιασμένα (have got pins and needles in my legs). (various references)

Hungarian

van neki (in pocket). (various references)

Icelandic

hafa (have). (various references)

Italian

venire (arrive, be, be due, be owed, become, come, come out, come to, cost, derive, descend from, get, occur, send, step, to come, venire), avere (be, credit, entertain, feel, get, have, have on, having, own, possess, stock, to have). (various references)

Norwegian

ha (have, to have). (various references)

Papiamen

tin (have, own, possess, there are, there is). (various references)

Pig Latin

avehay otgay.(various references)

Polish

mieć (have). (various references)

Portuguese

haver (be, exist, get, have, receive), ter (accept, do with, enjoy, give birth, hang onto, have, hold, own, possess, receive, take, to have). (various references)

Romanian

avea (bear, carry, enjoy, have, hold, keep, own, partake of, possess). (various references)

Russian 

иметь есть быть нет позволять (have). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

podilaze me žmarci (I have got pins and needles in my legs). (various references)

Spanish

tener (bear, carry, cut out, desire, experience, hang onto, have, having, hold, keep, keep on, keep up, live, live up, love, meet with, own, possess, practice, practise, retain, show, to have, travel, wear, wish). (various references)

Sranan

abi (have). (various references)

Swahili

-na (have), na (and, have). (various references)

Swedish

ha (carry, draw, enjoy, get, ha, hah!, have, keep, possess, sell, take, throw, to have). (various references)

Tagalog

mayroón (have), may (anyone, can, has, have, with). (various references)

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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-2 letters: gavot, ovate, togae.

-3 letters: eath, gate, gave, geta, ghat, goat, haet, hate, have, heat, hove, oath, thae, toea, toga, veto, vote.

-4 letters: age, ago, ate, ave, avo, eat, ego, eta, eth, gae, gat, get, goa, got, hae, hag, hao, hat, het, hoe, hog, hot, oat, ova, tae, tag, tao, tav, tea, teg, the.

+3 letters: overhating.

+4 letters: earthmoving, overheating.

+5 letters: earthmovings, outachieving, overmatching, photoengrave, photogravure.