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had someone on toast

had someone on toast is the simple past and past participle of have someone on toast.

Meaning of have someone on toast

Verb

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

  1. (colloquial, idiomatic) To have somebody in one's power, or in a compromising or helpless position.
    • Every crime commentator on cable news will have him on toast.2011, Michael Bowen, Service Dress Blues: A Rep & Melissa Pennyworth Mystery, page 102
    Synonyms:
    have someone by the short hairs § Synonyms

Questions about had someone on toast

What is had someone on toast the simple past and past participle of?
Had someone on toast is the simple past and past participle of have someone on toast.

Words near had someone on toast in the dictionary

  1. had sexual relations
  2. had shit on
  3. had someone by the balls
  4. had someone by the short and curlies
  5. had someone by the short hairs
  6. had someone on toast
  7. had someone there
  8. had someone to rights
  9. had someone's back
  10. had someone's blood
  11. had someone's blood on one's head

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