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had had one's chips

had had one's chips is the simple past and past participle of have had one's chips.

Meaning of have had one's chips

Verb

have had one's chips (third-person singular simple present has had one's chips, present participle having had one's chips, simple past and past participle had had one's chips)

  1. (idiomatic) To be dead or finished.
    • He must have had his chips, she thought, and our children will be born fatherless.2005, Edward Blishen, Kingfisher Treasury of Super Cool Stories, page 118

Questions about had had one's chips

What is had had one's chips the simple past and past participle of?
Had had one's chips is the simple past and past participle of have had one's chips.

Words near had had one's chips in the dictionary

  1. had got someone's six
  2. had got the face on
  3. had got to
  4. had had it
  5. had had it up to here
  6. had had one's chips
  7. had had one's day under the sun
  8. had in
  9. had in mind
  10. had it
  11. had it all

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