PHRASAL VERB OF THE DAY - 236 {HAVE} {Have around/in/over/round} [invite somebody to your home for a drink, meal, social visit, etc] Since it’s John’s birthday on Friday, we thought we’d have a few friends round for the evening. {Have back 1} [have something returned to your possession] He’s had your camera for nearly six weeks now. Don’t you think it’s about time you had it back? {Have back 2} [allow a marriage partner, boyfriend, etc, to return to you after a period of desertion] Surely she won’t have him back after all the suffering he has caused her? {Have in} [have or arrange to have a doctor, builder, etc, at your home] We’ve had the painters in all week, but they don’t seem to have done very much. {Have on 1} 1 [have an engagement, appointment, meeting, etc; often used in the negative or as part of a question] How about a drink tonight, or do you have something on? 2 [try to make a person believe something untrue or fantastic, usually for fun] He told me that the quickest way to learn a language was to eat the pages of a dictionary. Do you think he was having me on? {Have on 2} [be wearing something r Naturally, he had his best suit on for his daughter’s wedding.] His wife had on one of the most ridiculous hats you’ve ever seen! {Have on 3} 1 [have evidence against or information about somebody; usually used in the negative or as part of a question] How can we send them to prison if we don’t have anything on them? 2 [be inferior or superior to something] All these modern clothes have nothing on the old styles, in my opinion. {Have out} [have something removed or extracted by a surgeon or dentist] Both children have had their tonsils out. / Poor old Tom is having two teeth out this afternoon. {Have out (with)} [discuss with somebody something which has been causing disagreement or bad feeling, especially in a direct and often angry way] If you think that he’s been paying you too little, why don’t you have it out with him? {Have up (for)} [bring somebody to court for an offence] That’s the second time he’s been had up for drunken driving. taken from the GLOBAL ELT ENGLISH PHRASAL VERBS
Posted on: Sat, 25 Jan 2014 14:00:01 +0000
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