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has someone on toast

has someone on toast is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 has someone on toast

What is has someone on toast the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Has someone on toast is the third-person singular simple present indicative of have someone on toast.

Words near has someone on toast in the dictionary

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

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