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English
Etymology
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Pronunciation
Verb
have had one's chips (third-person singular simple present has had one's chips, present participle having had one's chips, simple past and past participle had had one's chips)
- (idiomatic) To be dead or finished.
2005, Edward Blishen, Kingfisher Treasury of Super Cool Stories, page 118:He must have had his chips, she thought, and our children will be born fatherless.