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[have something on] <v. phr.>, <informal> To have information or proof that someone did something wrong. * /Mr. Jones didn't want to run for office because he knew the opponents had something on him./ * /Mr. Smith keeps paying blackmail to a man who has something on him./ * /Although Miss Brown is not a good worker, her boss does not fire her because she has something on him./ Compare: GET THE GOODS ON. Contrast: HAVE NOTHING ON.

[have something on the ball] <v. phr.>, <slang>, <colloquial> To be smart, clever; to be skilled and have the necessary know-how. * /You can trust Syd; he's got a lot on the ball OR he's got something on the ball./

[have sticky fingers] See: STICKY FINGERS.

[have or take a shot at] See: HAVE GO AT.

[have the best of] or [have the better of] See: GET THE BETTER OF(2).

[have the better of] or [have the best of] See: GET THE BETTER OF.

[have the cart before the horse] See: CART BEFORE THE HORSE.

[have the constitution of an ox] <v. phr.> To be able to work extremely hard and to have the stamina to overcome misfortune. * /Stan, who has lost both of his parents within one year and is constantly working late, seems to be indestructible, as if he had the constitution of an ox./

[have the courage of one's convictions] <v. phr.> To be brave enough to act according to your beliefs. * /Steve showed that he had the courage of his convictions by refusing to help another student cheat in the exam./ * /Owen knew that Pete had started the fight, but he was afraid to say so; he did not have the courage of his convictions./

[have the goods on] See: GET THE GOODS ON.

[have the guts to do something] <v. phr.>, <informal> To be brave enough to do something difficult or dangerous. * /Jack wants to marry Jilt, but he doesn't have the guts to pop the question./

[have the jump on] See: GET THE JUMP ON.

[have the last laugh] or [get the last laugh] <v. phr.> To make someone seem foolish for having laughed at you. * /Other schools laughed at us when our little team entered the state championship, but we had the last laugh when we won it./ Compare: HE LAUGHS BEST WHO LAUGHS LAST, TURN THE TABLES.

[have the laugh on] <v. phr.> To emerge as the victor. * /We were trying to fool Paul by setting him up with a blind date who was reportedly unattractive, but he had the laugh on us when this girl turned out to be beautiful./

[have the lead] <v. phr.> To occupy the most prominent part in something. * /Maria has the lead in our school play./

[have the makings of] <v. phr.> To possess the basic ingredients; have the basic qualities to do something. * /Tom is still young but he seems to have the makings of an excellent pianist./

[have the right-of-way] <v. phr.> To have priority in proceeding in traffic on a public highway while other vehicles must yield and wait. * /"Go ahead," he said. "We have the right-of-way at this intersection."/

[have the time of one's life] See: TIME OF ONE'S LIFE.

[have the worst of] See: GET THE WORST OF.

[have to] or [have got to] <v.>, <informal> To be obliged or forced to; need to; must. * /Do you have to go now?/ * /He had to come. His parents made him./ * /I have got to go to the doctor./ * /I have to go to Church./

[have to do with] <v. phr.> 1. To be about; be on the subject of or connected with. * /The book has to do with airplanes./ 2. To know or be a friend of; work or have business with.
– Usually used in negative sentence. * /Tom said he didn't want to have anything to do with the new boy./ * /I had nothing to do with the party; I was home that night./

[have too many irons in the fire] See: TOO MANY IRONS IN THE FIRE.

[have two strikes against one] or [have two strikes on one] <v. phr.>, <informal> To have things working against you; be hindered in several ways; be in a difficult situation; be unlikely to succeed. * /Children from the poorest parts of a city often have two strikes against them before they enter school./ * /George has two strikes against him already. Everybody is against what he wants to do./ Compare: BEHIND THE EIGHT BALL. (In baseball, three strikes are out. If the umpire calls two strikes against the batter, he has only one strike left and will be out if he gets one more strike.)

[haw] See: HEM AND HAW.

[hay] See: HIT THE HAY.

[haystack] See: NEEDLE IN A HAYSTACK.

[haywire] See: GO HAYWIRE.

[hazard] See: AT ALL HAZARDS.

[haze] See: IN A FOG or IN A HAZE.

[head] See: ACID HEAD, BEAT INTO ONE'S HEAD, BEAT ONE'S HEAD AGAINST A WALL, BIG HEAD, COUNT HEADS, EYES IN THE BACK OF ONE'S HEAD, FROM HEAD TO FOOT, GET THROUGH ONE'S HEAD, GOOD HEAD ON ONE'S SHOULDERS, GO TO ONE'S HEAD, HANG ONE'S HEAD, HAVE ONE'S HEAD IN THE SAND, HAVE ROCKS IN ONE'S HEAD, HEAP COALS OF FIRE ON ONE'S HEAD, HIT THE NAIL ON THE HEAD, HANG OVER ONE'S HEAD, HIDE ONE'S FACE or HIDE ONE'S HEAD, HOLD ONE'S HEAD UP, KEEP A CIVIL TONGUE IN ONE'S HEAD, KEEP ONE'S HEAD, LOSE ONE'S HEAD, MAKE HEAD OR TAIL OF, OFF THE TOP OF ONE'S HEAD, ON ONE'S HEAD, OUT OF ONE'S HEAD, also OFF ONE'S HEAD, OVER ONE'S HEAD, PRICE ON ONE'S HEAD, PUT THEIR HEADS TOGETHER or LAY THEIR HEADS TOGETHER, SWELLED HEAD, TAKE INTO ONE'S HEAD, TELL --WHERE TO GET OFF or TELL --- WHERE TO HEAD IN, THROW ONESELF AT SOMEONE'S HEAD or FLING ONESELF AT SOMEONE'S HEAD, TURN ONE'S HEAD, USE ONE'S HEAD.

[head above water] <n. phr.> out of difficulty; clear of trouble. * /How are your marks at school? Are you keeping your head above water?/ * /Business at the store is bad. They can't keep their heads above water./

[head and shoulders] <adv. phr.> 1. By the measure of the head and shoulders. * /The basketball player is head and shoulders taller than the other boys./ 2. By far; by a great deal; very much. * /She is head and shoulders above the rest of the class in singing./ See: FAR AND AWAY.

[header] See: DOUBLE-HEADER.

[head for] <v. phr.> To go in the direction of. * /We left early in the morning and headed for Niagara Falls./

[head for the hills] <v. phr.>, <informal> To get far away in a hurry; run away and hide.
– Often used imperatively. * /Head for the hills. The bandits are coming./ * /He saw the crowd chasing him, so he headed for the hills./ * /When they saw the mean boy coming, they all headed for the hills./ Compare: BEAT IT, LIGHT OUT, TAKE TO THE WOODS.