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had it in for

had it in for is the simple past and past participle 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!

Questions about had it in for

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

Words near had it in for in the dictionary

  1. had it both ways
  2. had it coming
  3. had it down
  4. had it easy
  5. had it going on
  6. had it in for
  7. had it in one
  8. had it off
  9. had it on lock
  10. had it out
  11. had it out for

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Adapted from Wiktionary: had 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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