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• have a history of something — 1) to be well known for doing something because you have often done it in the past The country has a long history of political kidnappings. He s got a history of cheating on his girlfriends. 2) if you have a history of a medical condition or… …   English dictionary

• have — [ weak əv, həv, strong hæv ] (3rd person singular has [ weak əz, həz, strong hæz ] ; past tense and past participle had [ weak əd, həd, strong hæd ] ) verb *** Have can be used in the following ways: as an auxiliary verb in perfect tenses of… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• have - take — Have and take are both commonly used with nouns as their objects to indicate that someone performs an action or takes part in an activity. With some nouns, you can use either have or take with the same meaning. For example, you can say Have a… …   Useful english dictionary

• have time — 1 : to be able to use an amount of time for a particular purpose “Can you go to the store for me?” “I m sorry, but I don t have time.” [=I m too busy] Unfortunately, I haven t got (the) time. We re on a deadline, but he acts like we have all the… …   Useful english dictionary

• have a way of — ◇ If someone or something has a way of being or doing something, the person or thing often has that characteristic or frequently does that thing. Remakes have a way of being [=remakes are often] worse than the original movies. She has a way of… …   Useful english dictionary

• have its uses — have its/your/uses often humorous phrase to be useful in some situations or in some ways I know you don’t like him, but he has his uses. Thesaurus: to be advantageous and yield benefitssynonym …   Useful english dictionary

• Have — (h[a^]v), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Had} (h[a^]d); p. pr. & vb. n. {Having}. Indic. present, I {have}, thou {hast}, he {has}; we, ye, they {have}.] [OE. haven, habben, AS. habben (imperf. h[ae]fde, p. p. geh[ae]fd); akin to OS. hebbian, D. hebben,… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• have — (h[a^]v), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Had} (h[a^]d); p. pr. & vb. n. {Having}. Indic. present, I {have}, thou {hast}, he {has}; we, ye, they {have}.] [OE. haven, habben, AS. habben (imperf. h[ae]fde, p. p. geh[ae]fd); akin to OS. hebbian, D. hebben,… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• have — (h[a^]v), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Had} (h[a^]d); p. pr. & vb. n. {Having}. Indic. present, I {have}, thou {hast}, he {has}; we, ye, they {have}.] [OE. haven, habben, AS. habben (imperf. h[ae]fde, p. p. geh[ae]fd); akin to OS. hebbian, D. hebben,… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• have — [hav; ] also, as before [ “] to [ haf] vt. had [had; ] unstressed [, həd, əd] having [ME haven (earlier habben) < OE habban, akin to OHG haben, ON hafa, Goth haban < IE base * kap , to grasp > Gr kaptein, to gulp down, L capere, to take …   English World dictionary

• have your hands full — have (your) hands full to be so busy that you do not have time to do anything else. It s no use asking Alice for help, she s got her hands full looking after the kids. (often + doing something) Right now I ve got my hands full with preparations… …   New idioms dictionary