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have had it

have had it verb: to have endured all that one can.

Verb

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

  1. (idiomatic) To have endured all that one can.
    • I've had it with your shenanigans!
  2. (idiomatic) To be broken or worn out beyond repair.
    • My old car has just about had it.
  3. (idiomatic) To be dead or close to death.
    • The dog got hit by a car, and I'm afraid he's had it.
    • When the brakes didn’t work, we thought we’d had it.
  4. (idiomatic) To have failed.
    • 'Once you start to make a set at Le Chiffre at the tables, you'll have had it,' he said. 'But wear a cover that will stick with the general public.'1953, Ian Fleming, “L’Ennemi Écoute”, in Casino Royale, London: Pan Books, published 1955, page 27

have had it meaning in Malayalam

have had it in Malayalam

have no hope, have no chance, have failed
മതിയാവുക, ആശയ്ക്കവകയില്ലാതാവുക, തട്ടഴിയുക, തലതാഴുക, തൊപ്പിയിടുക, തോല്ക്കുക
be in trouble, be in for a scolding, be for the high jump
കുഴപ്പത്തിലാവുക, കുഴപ്പത്തിൽപെടുക, വിഷമത്തിലാവുക, ഉരുസുക, വിഷമാവസ്ഥയിൽ ചെന്നുചാടുക, നക്ഷത്രമെണ്ണുക

Forms of have had it

third-person singular presenthas had it
present participlehaving had it
past participlehad had it
pasthad had it

Words formed from have had it

Questions about have had it

What does have had it mean?
Have had it means to have endured all that one can.
What is have had it in Malayalam?
Have had it in Malayalam is മതിയാവുക, ആശയ്ക്കവകയില്ലാതാവുക, തട്ടഴിയുക. See Have had it meaning in Malayalam.
What part of speech is have had it?
Have had it is a verb.
What is the past tense of have had it?
The past tense of have had it is had had it.

Words near have had it in the dictionary

  1. have got someone's six
  2. have got the face on
  3. have got to
  4. have green fingers
  5. have had enough
  6. have had it
  7. have had it up to here
  8. have had one's chips
  9. have had one's day
  10. have had one's day under the sun
  11. have here

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Adapted from Wiktionary: have had it (page history and authors); have had it (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license). 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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