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got it in for

got it in for is the alternative form of have it in for.

Meaning of have it in for

Verb

have it in for (third-person singular simple present has it in for, present participle having it in for, simple past and past participle had it in for)

  1. (colloquial, transitive) To be very angry with; to have a grudge against; to intend revenge against.
    • My boss must really have it in for me; that was the third lecture this week!

Forms of got it in for

alternative formhave it in for

Questions about got it in for

What is got it in for the alternative form of?
Got it in for is the alternative form of have it in for.

Words near got it in for in the dictionary

  1. got it going on
  2. got it how one got it
  3. got it how one lived
  4. got it how one lived it
  5. got it in
  6. got it in for
  7. got it in the neck
  8. got it on
  9. got it together
  10. got it twisted
  11. got it up

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Adapted from Wiktionary: got it in for (page history and authors); have it in for (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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