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have down

have down verb: to have mastered a skill.

Verb

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

  1. (intransitive) To have mastered a skill.
    • I have that song down to the last note.

Forms of have down

third-person singular presenthas down
present participlehaving down
past participlehad down
pasthad down

Questions about have down

What does have down mean?
Have down means to have mastered a skill.
What part of speech is have down?
Have down is a verb.
What is the past tense of have down?
The past tense of have down is had down.

Words near have down in the dictionary

  1. have blood on one's hands
  2. have butterflies in one's stomach
  3. have designs on
  4. have done
  5. have done with
  6. have down
  7. have down as
  8. have down to a science
  9. have drink taken
  10. have ears
  11. have eyes bigger than one's belly

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