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had in

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

Meaning of have in

Verb

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

  1. (transitive) To allow in; grant permission or admittance to; invite in or over; admit.
    • We managed to pick up a score of these young people from the streets and have them in for lunch.1953 March 30, LIFE, page 90

Questions about had in

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

Words near had in in the dictionary

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

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