Scotland, chiefly in the plural) Good manners. <span class="searchmatch">having</span> (comparative more <span class="searchmatch">having</span>, superlative most <span class="searchmatch">having</span>) (obsolete) Grasping; greedy. 1875, Christ and...
got it in for <span class="searchmatch">have</span> it in for (third-person singular simple present has it in for, present participle <span class="searchmatch">having</span> it in for, simple past and past participle...
someone <span class="searchmatch">have</span> the ball in one's court <span class="searchmatch">have</span> the cards <span class="searchmatch">have</span> the law of <span class="searchmatch">have</span> the right time <span class="searchmatch">have</span> the whole bakery <span class="searchmatch">have</span> to <span class="searchmatch">having</span> it <span class="searchmatch">havingness</span> <span class="searchmatch">having</span> said that...
Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, 1999–present. “are you <span class="searchmatch">having</span> a laugh” (US) / “are you <span class="searchmatch">having</span> a laugh” (UK) in Macmillan English Dictionary....
Near-synonym: <span class="searchmatch">have</span> a laugh Are you <span class="searchmatch">having</span> me on? Fifty quid for that piece of junk? He's <span class="searchmatch">having</span> me on he is! (UK, colloquial) To <span class="searchmatch">have</span> (something) scheduled...
<span class="searchmatch">have</span> a word (third-person singular simple present has a word, present participle <span class="searchmatch">having</span> a word, simple past and past participle had a word) (idiomatic...
See also: <span class="searchmatch">have</span>-a-go <span class="searchmatch">have</span> a go (third-person singular simple present has a go, present participle <span class="searchmatch">having</span> a go, simple past and past participle had a go)...
Synonym: buy it He tried to make excuses but she wouldn't <span class="searchmatch">have</span> it / was not <span class="searchmatch">having</span> it / was <span class="searchmatch">having</span> none of it. 2010, Nduka Onwuegbute, Masters of the Confluence...
<span class="searchmatch">having</span> sex present participle and gerund of <span class="searchmatch">have</span> sex...
<span class="searchmatch">having</span> it present participle and gerund of <span class="searchmatch">have</span> it <span class="searchmatch">having</span> it (not comparable) (chiefly in the negative) Enjoying the moment....