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had form

had form is the simple past and past participle of have form.

Meaning of have form

Verb

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

  1. (UK) To be familiar with something, particularly through one's experience.
  2. (UK, slang) To have a criminal record.

Questions about had form

What is had form the simple past and past participle of?
Had form is the simple past and past participle of have form.

Words near had form in the dictionary

  1. had ears
  2. had eyes bigger than one's stomach
  3. had eyes for
  4. had eyes in the back of one's head
  5. had fingers made of lime-twigs
  6. had form
  7. had full hands
  8. had fun
  9. had got
  10. had got a face on
  11. had got a point

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Adapted from Wiktionary: had form (page history and authors); have form (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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